玉樹
Chinese
| jade | tree | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (玉樹) | 玉 | 樹 | |
| simp. (玉树) | 玉 | 树 | |
| Literally: “jade tree”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yùshù
- Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄕㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yùshù
- Wade–Giles: yü4-shu4
- Yale: yù-shù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhshuh
- Palladius: юйшу (jujšu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /y⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: juk6 syu6
- Yale: yuhk syuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: juk9 sy6
- Guangdong Romanization: yug6 xu6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jʊk̚² syː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gio̍k-chhiū
- Tâi-lô: gio̍k-tshiū
- Phofsit Daibuun: giogchiu
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu³³/
- (Hokkien)
Etymology 1
Noun
玉樹
- (literary, mythology) fairy tree
- (literary, figurative) jade-like beautiful tree
- (literary, figurative) snow-covered tree
- (literary, figurative) young man who is talented or handsome
- silver dollar (Crassula arborescens)
- eucalyptus
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Phono-semantic matching of Tibetan ཡུལ་ཤུལ (yul shul).
Proper noun
玉樹