石竹せきちく

Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	bamboo
simp. and trad. (石竹せきちく)		石いし	竹たけ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shízhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ zuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chio̍h-tek / chio̍h-tiak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shízhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhjhú
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-chu²
    • Yale: shŕ-jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrjwu
    • Palladius: шичжу (šičžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sek⁶ zuk¹
    • Yale: sehk jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² t͡sʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-tek
    • Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-tik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqdeg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-tiak
    • Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-tiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqdiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tiak̚⁵/

Noun

石竹せきちく

1. China pink (Dianthus chinensis)

Compounds

• 針はり葉は石竹せきちく／针叶石竹せきちく

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
石いし	竹たけ
せき Grade: 1	ちく Grade: 1
kan'on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se̞kʲit͡ɕikɯ̟]

Noun

石竹せきちく, Dianthus chinensis

石いし(せき)竹たけ(ちく) or 石竹せきちく(セキチク) • (sekichiku) 

1. A China pink (Dianthus chinensis)

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• 撫子なでしこ(なでしこ) (nadeshiko, “pinks, Dianthus spp.”)