山茱萸

Chinese

		mountain; hill	cornelian cherry; dogwood ― Japanese cornel and similar species, such as ailanthus-like prickly ash and Tetradium ruticarpum
trad. (山茱萸)		山	茱萸
simp. #(山茱萸)		山	茱萸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shānzhūyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄓㄨ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ zyu¹ jyu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soaⁿ-chu-jû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shānzhūyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄓㄨ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shanjhuyú
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-chu¹-yü²
    • Yale: shān-jū-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanjuyu
    • Palladius: шаньчжуюй (šanʹčžujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ zyu¹ jyu⁴
    • Yale: sāan jyū yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ dzy¹ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ ju¹ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵ jyː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soaⁿ-chu-jû
    • Tâi-lô: suann-tsu-jû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svoazujuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suã³³ t͡su³³ d͡zu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ d͡zu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ zu²³/

Noun

山茱萸

1. cornelian cherry (Cornus officinalis)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	茱	萸
さん Grade: 1	しゅゆ
	Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

山(さん)茱萸(しゅゆ) or 山茱萸(サンシュユ) • (sanshuyu) 

1. Japanese cornel cherry, Cornus officinalis

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).