祖母綠

Chinese

FWOTD – 4 April 2017

		paternal grandmother	green
trad. (祖母綠)		祖母	綠
simp. (祖母绿)		祖母	绿
alternative forms		助木剌子母綠／子母绿芝麻綠／芝麻绿助木綠／助木绿

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Arabic زُمُرُّد (zumurrud) or Persian (zomorrod). First attested in the 15^th century.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǔmǔlǜ

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇ ㄌㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² mou⁵ luk⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsu-mu-loq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǔmǔlǜ [Phonetic: zúmǔlǜ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇ ㄌㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǔmǔlyù
  - Wade–Giles: tsu³-mu³-lü⁴
  - Yale: dzǔ-mǔ-lyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuumuuliuh
  - Palladius: цзумулюй (czumuljuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ly⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou² mou⁵ luk⁶
  - Yale: jóu móuh luhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² mou⁵ luk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou² mou⁵ lug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ mou̯¹³ lʊk̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsu-mu-loq
  - MiniDict: tsu^去 mu loh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsu-mu-loq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡su³³ mu⁵⁵ loʔ²¹/

Noun

祖母綠

emerald
- 滿頭帶著都是瑪瑙、珊瑚、貓兒眼、祖母綠 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  满头带着都是玛瑙、珊瑚、猫儿眼、祖母绿 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE
  mǎntóu dài zhe dōu shì mǎnǎo, shānhú, māoryǎn, zǔmǔlǜ [Pinyin]
  her head was adorned with agate, coral, cat's eye, emerald
emerald (colour)

Synonyms

呂宋綠／吕宋绿