沙棗

See also: 沙枣

Chinese

		granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar	jujube
trad. (沙棗)		沙	棗
simp. (沙枣)		沙	枣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shāzǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚㄗㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ zou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shāzǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄗㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shazǎo
  - Wade–Giles: sha¹-tsao³
  - Yale: shā-dzǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shatzao
  - Palladius: шацзао (šaczao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saa¹ zou²
  - Yale: sā jóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ dzou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ zou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/

Noun

沙棗

Russian olive; oleaster (Elaeagnus angustifolia)
- 不是人像沙棗，是沙棗像人。 [MSC, trad.]
  不是人像沙枣，是沙枣像人。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2016, Liang Heng, “Oleaster”
  Bùshì rén xiàng shāzǎo, shì shāzǎo xiàng rén. [Pinyin]
  It's not that humans are like oleasters, but that oleasters are like humans.