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珠算

珠算

Chinese

		bead; pearl	regard as; to figure; to calculate regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute
simp. and trad. (珠算)		珠	算

Noun

珠算

reckoning by the abacus; calculation with an abacus

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhūsuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄙㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹ syun³
Min Nan (POJ): chu-soàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhūsuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄙㄨㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jusuann
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ su̯a̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyu¹ syun³
  - Yale: jyū syun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹ syn³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyː⁵⁵ ɕyːn³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-soàn
  - Tâi-lô: tsu-suàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zusoaxn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su³³ suan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ suan¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ suan²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² suan²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² suan²¹/