肇實

肇實

Chinese

		at first; devise; originate	real; true; honest real; true; honest; really; solid
trad. (肇實)		肇	實
simp. (肇实)		肇	实

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàoshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu⁶ sat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàoshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàoshíh
    • Wade–Giles: chao⁴-shih²
    • Yale: jàu-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jawshyr
    • Palladius: чжаоши (čžaoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu⁶ sat⁶
    • Yale: siuh saht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu⁶ sat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu⁶ sed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯²² sɐt̚²/

Noun

肇實

1. (chiefly Guangdong, Hong Kong) seed of Euryale ferox, especially produced in Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China (a seed used in traditional Chinese medicine)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 芡實 (“foxnut seed”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		芡實, 雞頭米
Mandarin	Jining	雞斗米
	Wuhan	雞頭包
	Tianmen	雞頭包
	Chengdu	雞頭蓮, 雞腦殼
	Zigong	雞腦殼
	Anqing	雞包頭
	Wuhu	雞頭果子
	Yangzhou	雞頭米子
	Lianshui	雞頭菱角
	Nanjing	雞頭果
Cantonese	Guangzhou	茨實, 肇實
	Hong Kong	茨實, 肇實
Gan	Nanchang	雞頭蓮
	Lichuan	雞頭蓮
Huizhou	Jixi	雞頭
Min Nan	Xiamen	芡實, 雞頭米
	Quanzhou	芡實
	Tainan	芡實
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	肇實
Wu	Shanghai	雞頭
	Suzhou	雞頭, 芡實
Xiang	Changsha	雞頭菱, 芡實子, 雞頭蓮