紫水晶

紫水晶

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	crystal
simp. and trad. (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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zǐshuǐjīng [Phonetic: zíshuǐjīng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyshoeijing
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² seoi² zing¹
    • Yale: jí séui jīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² soey² dzing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² sêu² jing¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-súi-chîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii` sui` jin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ sui³ jin¹
    • IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ su̯i³¹ t͡ɕin²⁴/

Noun

紫水晶

1. amethyst

Synonyms

• 紫石英 (zǐshíyīng)

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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

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) むらさきず​いしょー [mùrásákízúꜜìshòò] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɾa̠sa̠kʲizɨᵝiɕo̞ː]

Noun

紫水晶 (hiragana むらさきずいしょう, rōmaji murasakizuishō, historical hiragana むらさきずいしゃう)

1. 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)