柳絮

柳絮

Chinese

		willow; surname	line with cotton wadding
simp. and trad. (柳絮)		柳	絮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǔxù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁵ seoi⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): liú-sìr / liú-sù / liú-sì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liǔxù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄩˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leoushiw
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁵ seoi⁵
    • Yale: láuh séuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁵ soey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁵ sêu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯¹³ sɵy̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liú-sìr
    • Tâi-lô: liú-sìr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liú-sù
    • Tâi-lô: liú-sù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liwsux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liú-sì
    • Tâi-lô: liú-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liwsix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕi²¹/

Noun

柳絮

1. willow catkins
2. (literary, poetic) snowflakes