杜仲

Chinese

		fabricate; restrict; to prevent	2nd in seniority
simp. and trad. (杜仲)		杜	仲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dùzhòng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ zung⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō͘-tiōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dùzhòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dùjhòng
  - Wade–Giles: tu⁴-chung⁴
  - Yale: dù-jùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duhjonq
  - Palladius: дучжун (dučžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ zung⁶
  - Yale: douh juhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ dzung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ zung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² t͡sʊŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-tiōng
  - Tâi-lô: tōo-tiōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxdiong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁴¹⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔ³³⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ³³⁻²¹ tiɔŋ³³/

Noun

杜仲

(traditional Chinese medicine) tu-chung (eucommia ulmoides)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
杜	仲
と Jinmeiyō	ちゅう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

杜(と)仲(ちゅう) or 杜仲(トチュウ) • (tochū)

Eucommia ulmoides
(traditional Chinese medicine) dried bark of Eucommia ulmoides

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).