水晶

Chinese

		water; river	crystal
simp. and trad. (水晶)		水	晶

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐjīng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² zing¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): súi-chîn
Min Nan (POJ): chúi-chiⁿ / chúi-cheⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuǐjīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeijing
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² zing¹
  - Yale: séui jīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² dzing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² jing¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-chîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: sui` jin´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ jin¹
  - IPA: /su̯i³¹ t͡ɕin²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-chiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-tsinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuycvy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕĩ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-cheⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-tsenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuyzvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sẽ⁴⁴/

Noun

水晶

crystal

Derived terms

水晶宮／水晶宫 (Shuǐjīnggōng)
水晶樹／水晶树 (shuǐjīngshù)
水晶球 (shuǐjīngqiú)
水晶石 (shuǐjīngshí)

水晶粽 (shuǐjīngzòng)
紫水晶 (zǐshuǐjīng)
黃水晶／黄水晶 (huángshuǐjīng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (水晶):

→ Japanese: 水晶 (すいしょう) (suishō)
→ Korean: 수정 (水晶, sujeong)
→ Vietnamese: thuỷ tinh (水晶)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	晶
すい Grade: 1	しょう Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

水精

Etymology

水 (すい) (sui, “water”) + 晶 (しょう) (shō, “crystal”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) すいしょー [súꜜìshòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA^(key): [sɨᵝiɕo̞ː]

Noun

水晶 (hiragana すいしょう, rōmaji suishō, historical hiragana すいしゃう)

(gem) crystal
(mineralogy) quartz

Derived terms

煙水晶 (kemurizuishō)
黄水晶 (kizuishō)
黒水晶 (kurozuishō)
草入水晶 (kusairizuishō)
目水晶 (mezuishō)
皆水晶 (minazuishō)
水入水晶 (mizuirizuishō)
紫水晶 (murasakizuishō)

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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