紫蘇

See also: 紫苏

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	(plant); place name; revive (plant); place name; revive; Soviet
trad. (紫蘇)		紫	蘇
simp. (紫苏)		紫	苏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǐsū

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄙㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² sou¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chí-so͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): zi² sou¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǐsū
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄙㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhsu
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-su¹
  - Yale: dž-sū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyysu
  - Palladius: цзысу (czysu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ su⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² sou¹
  - Yale: jí sōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² sou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² sou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ sou̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-so͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-soo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cysof
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɔ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zi² sou¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsí sou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si⁵²⁻³⁵ sou³³/

Noun

紫蘇

perilla; shiso

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紫	蘇
し Grade: S	そ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi	kan'on

Etymology

紫(し) (shi, “purple”) + 蘇(そ) (so, “perilla”)

Noun

紫(し)蘇(そ) or 紫蘇(シソ) • (shiso)

shiso, Perilla frutescens var. crispa

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

青紫蘇(あおじそ) (aojiso)
赤紫蘇(あかじそ) (akajiso)

See also

荏胡麻(エゴマ) (egoma, “perilla, Perilla frutescens var. frutescens”)
蘇葉(そよう) (soyō)