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紫檀

紫檀

Chinese

		purple	sandal wood
simp. and trad. (紫檀)		紫	檀

Noun

紫檀

rosewood (genus Dalbergia)
red sandalwood (species Pterocarpus santalinus)

Synonyms

紫檀木

See also

紅木／红木 (hóngmù)
花梨木 (huālímù)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zǐtán

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄊㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² taan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): chí-tôaⁿ / chú-tôaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zǐtán
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄊㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyytanr
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰa̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² taan⁴
  - Yale: jí tàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² taan⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ tʰɑːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-tôaⁿ / chú-tôaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-tuânn / tsú-tuânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy'dvoaa, zw'dvoaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã²⁴/, /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tuã²⁴/, /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tuã²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã¹³/, /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã²⁴/, /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tuã²³/, /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tuã²³/