垂柳

Chinese

		to hang (down); droop; dangle to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach	willow
trad. (垂柳)		垂	柳
simp. ^#(垂柳)		垂	柳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuíliǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁴ lau⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sûi-liú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuíliǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuéiliǒu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻui²-liu³
  - Yale: chwéi-lyǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweileou
  - Palladius: чуйлю (čujlju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi⁴ lau⁵
  - Yale: sèuih láuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁴ lau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁴ leo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²¹ lɐu̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûi-liú
  - Tâi-lô: suî-liú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suiliuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sui²⁴⁻²² liu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sui²⁴⁻²² liu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui¹³⁻²² liu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sui²⁴⁻¹¹ liu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui²³⁻³³ liu⁴¹/

Noun

垂柳

weeping willow (Classifier: 棵 m)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
垂	柳
すい Grade: 6	りゅう Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 垂柳 (dzywe ljuw^X, literally “hang down + willow”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すいりゅう [sùíryúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨᵝiɾʲɨᵝː]

Noun

垂(すい)柳(りゅう) • (suiryū) ^{←すいりう (suiriu)^?}

weeping willow

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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