紫膠

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	glue; gum
trad. (紫膠)		紫	膠
simp. (紫胶)		紫	胶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐjiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² gaau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐjiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhjiao
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-chiao¹
    • Yale: dž-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyjiau
    • Palladius: цзыцзяо (czyczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² gaau¹
    • Yale: jí gāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² gaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² gao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kaːu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

紫膠

1. shellac

Synonyms

• 蟲膠／虫胶 (chóngjiāo)
• (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) 士叻

Derived terms

• 紫膠蟲／紫胶虫 (zǐjiāochóng)