紫水晶

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	crystal; quartz
trad. (紫水晶)		紫	水晶
simp. ^#(紫水晶)		紫	水晶

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǐshuǐjīng

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² seoi² zing¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-súi-chîn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-chúi-chiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǐshuǐjīng [Phonetic: zíshuǐjīng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhshuěijing
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-shui³-ching¹
  - Yale: dž-shwěi-jīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyshoeijing
  - Palladius: цзышуйцзин (czyšujczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² seoi² zing¹
  - Yale: jí séui jīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² soey² dzing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² sêu² jing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-súi-chîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˋ sui^ˋ jin^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ sui³ jin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ su̯i³¹ t͡sin²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-chúi-chiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-tsuí-tsinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cyzuycvy
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ⁴⁴/

Noun

紫水晶

amethyst

Synonyms

紫石英 (zǐshíyīng)
紫晶

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (紫水晶):

→ Korean: 자수정(紫水晶) (jasujeong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紫	水	晶
むらさき Grade: S	すい > ずい Grade: 1	しょう Grade: S
kun'yomi	on'yomi

Etymology

紫(むらさき) (murasaki, “purple”) + 水(すい)晶(しょう) (suishō, “crystal”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) むらさきずいしょー [mùrásákízúꜜìshòò] (Nakadaka – [5])
IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ɾa̠sa̠kʲizɨiɕo̞ː]

Noun

紫(むらさき)水(ずい)晶(しょう) • (murasakizuishō) ^{←むらさきずいしゃう (murasakizuisyau)^?}

a purple quartz; amethyst

Synonyms

アメシスト (ameshisuto), アメジスト (amejisuto)
紫(し)石(せき)英(えい) (shisekiei)

Korean

Hanja in this term
紫	水	晶

Noun

紫水晶 • (jasujeong) (hangeul 자수정)

hanja form^? of 자수정 (“amethyst”)