採珠

Chinese

		to pick; to pluck; to collect to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather	pearl; bead
trad. (採珠)		採	珠
simp. (采珠)		采	珠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎizhū

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ ㄓㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi² zyu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎizhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ ㄓㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎijhu
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai³-chu¹
    • Yale: tsǎi-jū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaeju
    • Palladius: цайчжу (cajčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi² zyu¹
    • Yale: chói jyū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi² dzy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi² ju¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵/

Verb

採珠

1. to dive into the water and extract pearls