紫石英

紫石英

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	quartz
trad. (紫石英)		紫	石英
simp. #(紫石英)		紫	石英

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐshíyīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄕˊ ㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² sek⁶ jing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zǐshíyīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄕˊ ㄧㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyshying
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhshíhying
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ iŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² sek⁶ jing¹
    • Yale: jí sehk yīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² sek⁹ jing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² ség⁶ ying¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ sɛːk̚² jɪŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

紫石英

1. amethyst
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) fluorite

Synonyms

• (amethyst): 紫水晶 (zǐshuǐjīng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
紫	石	英
し Grade: S	せき Grade: 1	えい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

紫 (し) (shi, “purple”) + 石 (せき)英 (えい) (sekiei, “quartz”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しせ​きえー [shìséꜜkìèè] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [ɕise̞kʲie̞ː]

Noun

紫石英 (hiragana しせきえい, rōmaji shisekiei)

1. a purple quartz; amethyst

See also

• アメシスト (ameshisuto), アメジスト (amejisuto)
• 紫 (むらさき)水 (ずい)晶 (しょう) (murasakizuishō)