"珍珠" meaning in Chinese

See 珍珠 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²⁴ ʈ͡ʂu²⁴/ [Mandarin, Dungan, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su²⁴/ [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /t͡ɕin⁴⁴ t͡su⁴⁴/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /tiŋ⁵⁵ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo⁵⁵/ [Min-Dong, Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /tin³³ t͡su³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taiwan, variant, IPA], /tin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taiwan, variant, IPA], /tin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taiwan, variant, IPA, Taipei, Kaohsiung], /tiaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡su³³/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sən⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/ [Wu, Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sən⁴⁴ t͡sz̩ʷ/ [Wu, Northern, Suzhou, Sinological-IPA] Audio: Zh-zhēnzhū.oga [Mandarin, Standard], LL-Q9186 (yue)-Luilui6666-珍珠.wav [Cantonese, Jyutping] Forms: 真珠 [alternative]
Etymology: Pearls were previously called 真珠 (zhēnzhū, “true pearls”). Etymology templates: {{zh-l|真珠|true pearls}} 真珠 (zhēnzhū, “true pearls”) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 珍珠
  1. pearl (gem) (Classifier: 粒; 顆/颗 m)
    Sense id: en-珍珠-zh-noun-HbLWnleO Categories (other): Chinese nouns classified by 粒, Chinese nouns classified by 顆/颗
  2. tapioca pearl (Classifier: 粒; 顆/颗 m)
    Sense id: en-珍珠-zh-noun-iuHjbgF0 Categories (other): Chinese nouns classified by 粒, Chinese nouns classified by 顆/颗, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Intermediate Mandarin, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Birthstones, Gems Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 15 84 2 Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 25 69 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 4 92 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 96 2 Disambiguation of Birthstones: 4 91 4 Disambiguation of Gems: 23 72 5
  3. (figurative) tear; teardrop Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-珍珠-zh-noun--uK2TmyP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 明珠 (míngzhū) (english: shiny pearl), 正珠 [Puxian-Min], 珠仔 [Hakka], 珠子 (zhūzi), 珠璣 (zhūjī), 珠玑 (zhūjī) Derived forms: 珍珠奶茶 (zhēnzhū nǎichá), 珍珠岩, 珍珠母 (zhēnzhūmǔ), 珍珠港 (Zhēnzhūgǎng), 珍珠粉 (zhēnzhūfěn), 珍珠草, 珍珠菜 (zhēnzhūcài), 珍珠貝, 珍珠贝, 珍珠霜 (zhēnzhūshuāng)

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhēnzhū nǎichá",
      "word": "珍珠奶茶"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "珍珠岩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhēnzhūmǔ",
      "word": "珍珠母"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Zhēnzhūgǎng",
      "word": "珍珠港"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhēnzhūfěn",
      "word": "珍珠粉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "珍珠草"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhēnzhūcài",
      "word": "珍珠菜"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "珍珠貝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "珍珠贝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhēnzhūshuāng",
      "word": "珍珠霜"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "shinju",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "真珠",
          "しんじゅ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "真珠"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "진주(眞珠, 珍珠)"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "真珠, 珍珠",
      "word": "trân châu"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Old Turkic",
          "lang_code": "otk",
          "roman": "y²inčü",
          "word": "𐰘𐰃𐰨𐰇"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Old Turkic",
          "lang_code": "otk",
          "roman": "y²nčü",
          "word": "𐰘𐰨𐰇"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Chuvash",
              "lang_code": "cv",
              "roman": "ĕnč̬ĕ",
              "word": "ӗнчӗ"
            },
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Hungarian",
                  "lang_code": "hu",
                  "word": "gyöngy"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Ukrainian",
                  "lang_code": "uk",
                  "raw_tags": [
                    "borrowed",
                    "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
                  ],
                  "roman": "džendžerúxa",
                  "word": "дженджеру́ха"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Old Hungarian",
              "lang_code": "ohu",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "*dzsindzsü"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Old East Slavic",
              "lang_code": "orv",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "roman": "žĭnĭčjugŭ",
              "word": "жьньчюгъ"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Old East Slavic",
              "lang_code": "orv",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "roman": "žĭmĭčjugŭ",
              "word": "жьмьчюгъ"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Bulgar",
          "lang_code": "xbo",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "*ǯinǯü"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Mongolian",
              "lang_code": "mn",
              "roman": "žinžüü",
              "word": "жинжүү"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Classical Mongolian",
          "lang_code": "cmg",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "ǰinǰüü",
          "word": "ᠵᠢᠨᠵᠦᠦ"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Common Turkic",
      "lang_code": "trk-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "*yinǯü"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "真珠",
        "2": "true pearls"
      },
      "expansion": "真珠 (zhēnzhū, “true pearls”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Pearls were previously called 真珠 (zhēnzhū, “true pearls”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "真珠",
      "raw_tags": [
        "obsolete or dialectal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "珍珠",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese nouns classified by 粒",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese nouns classified by 顆/颗",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pearl (gem) (Classifier: 粒; 顆/颗 m)"
      ],
      "id": "en-珍珠-zh-noun-HbLWnleO",
      "links": [
        [
          "pearl",
          "pearl"
        ],
        [
          "粒",
          "粒#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "顆",
          "顆#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "颗",
          "颗#Chinese"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese nouns classified by 粒",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese nouns classified by 顆/颗",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 84 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 69 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 92 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 96 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 91 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Birthstones",
          "orig": "zh:Birthstones",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 72 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Gems",
          "orig": "zh:Gems",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tapioca pearl (Classifier: 粒; 顆/颗 m)"
      ],
      "id": "en-珍珠-zh-noun-iuHjbgF0",
      "links": [
        [
          "tapioca pearl",
          "tapioca pearl"
        ],
        [
          "粒",
          "粒#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "顆",
          "顆#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "颗",
          "颗#Chinese"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tear; teardrop"
      ],
      "id": "en-珍珠-zh-noun--uK2TmyP",
      "links": [
        [
          "tear",
          "tear"
        ],
        [
          "teardrop",
          "teardrop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) tear; teardrop"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhēnzhū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄣ ㄓㄨ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Zh-zhēnzhū.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/Zh-zhēnzhū.oga/Zh-zhēnzhū.oga.mp3",
      "oga_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zh-zhēnzhū.oga",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Dungan",
        "Cyrillic",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "җынҗў (žɨnžw, I-I)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zan¹ zyu¹"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9186 (yue)-Luilui6666-珍珠.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0e/LL-Q9186_(yue)-Luilui6666-珍珠.wav/LL-Q9186_(yue)-Luilui6666-珍珠.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0e/LL-Q9186_(yue)-Luilui6666-珍珠.wav/LL-Q9186_(yue)-Luilui6666-珍珠.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q9186 (yue)-Luilui6666-珍珠.wav"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chṳ̂n-chû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jin¹ zu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dĭng-ciŏ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tin-chu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "diang¹ zu¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹tsen-tsy₁"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹tsen-tsyu₁"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhēnzhū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄣ ㄓㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhenjhu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chên¹-chu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jēn-jū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jenju"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžɛnʹčžu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжэньчжу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Dungan",
        "Cyrillic",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "җынҗў (žɨnžw, I-I)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂəŋ²⁴ ʈ͡ʂu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Dungan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zan¹ zyu¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jān jyū"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzan¹ dzy¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zen¹ ju¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɐn⁵⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chṳ̂n-chû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ziin^ˊ zu^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zin¹ zu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jin¹ zu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕin⁴⁴ t͡su⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dĭng-ciŏ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiŋ⁵⁵ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tin-chu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tin-tsu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dinzw"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tin³³ t͡su³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "diang¹ zu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiang tsu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡su³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹tsen-tsy₁"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsen^平 tsy^平"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹tsen-tsr₁"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sən⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹tsen-tsyu₁"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsen^平 tsyu^平"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sən⁴⁴ t͡sz̩ʷ/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "trin tsyu"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "shiny pearl",
      "roman": "míngzhū",
      "translation": "shiny pearl",
      "word": "明珠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "word": "正珠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "珠仔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhūzi",
      "word": "珠子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhūjī",
      "word": "珠璣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhūjī",
      "word": "珠玑"
    }
  ],
  "word": "珍珠"
}
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      "roman": "zhēnzhū nǎichá",
      "word": "珍珠奶茶"
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    {
      "word": "珍珠岩"
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      "roman": "zhēnzhūmǔ",
      "word": "珍珠母"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Zhēnzhūgǎng",
      "word": "珍珠港"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhēnzhūfěn",
      "word": "珍珠粉"
    },
    {
      "word": "珍珠草"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhēnzhūcài",
      "word": "珍珠菜"
    },
    {
      "word": "珍珠貝"
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    {
      "word": "珍珠贝"
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    {
      "roman": "zhēnzhūshuāng",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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          "roman": "y²inčü",
          "word": "𐰘𐰃𐰨𐰇"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Old Turkic",
          "lang_code": "otk",
          "roman": "y²nčü",
          "word": "𐰘𐰨𐰇"
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        {
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      "glosses": [
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          "tear",
          "tear"
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        [
          "teardrop",
          "teardrop"
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        "(figurative) tear; teardrop"
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        "figuratively"
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        "Standard",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh_pron": "zhēnzhū"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard",
        "Bopomofo"
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      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄣ ㄓㄨ"
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        "Standard"
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      "tags": [
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        "Dungan",
        "Cyrillic",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
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        "Jyutping"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chṳ̂n-chû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jin¹ zu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dĭng-ciŏ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tin-chu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "diang¹ zu¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹tsen-tsy₁"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹tsen-tsyu₁"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhēnzhū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄣ ㄓㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhenjhu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chên¹-chu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jēn-jū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jenju"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžɛnʹčžu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжэньчжу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Dungan",
        "Cyrillic",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "җынҗў (žɨnžw, I-I)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂəŋ²⁴ ʈ͡ʂu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Dungan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zan¹ zyu¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jān jyū"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzan¹ dzy¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zen¹ ju¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɐn⁵⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chṳ̂n-chû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ziin^ˊ zu^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zin¹ zu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jin¹ zu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕin⁴⁴ t͡su⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dĭng-ciŏ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiŋ⁵⁵ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tin-chu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tin-tsu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dinzw"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tin³³ t͡su³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "diang¹ zu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tiang tsu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tiaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡su³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹tsen-tsy₁"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsen^平 tsy^平"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹tsen-tsr₁"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sən⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹tsen-tsyu₁"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsen^平 tsyu^平"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sən⁴⁴ t͡sz̩ʷ/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "trin tsyu"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "shiny pearl",
      "roman": "míngzhū",
      "translation": "shiny pearl",
      "word": "明珠"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "word": "正珠"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "珠仔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhūzi",
      "word": "珠子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhūjī",
      "word": "珠璣"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhūjī",
      "word": "珠玑"
    }
  ],
  "word": "珍珠"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.