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紫蘇

紫蘇

See also: 紫苏

Chinese

		purple	(plant); place name; revive (plant); place name; revive; Soviet
trad. (紫蘇)		紫	蘇
simp. (紫苏)		紫	苏

Noun

紫蘇

perilla; shiso

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紫	蘇
し Grade: S	そ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

紫 (purple) + 蘇 (a type of plant)

Noun

紫蘇 ‎(hiragana しそ, romaji shiso)

perilla, Perilla frutescens

Derived terms

青紫蘇 (あおじそ) ‎(aojiso)
赤紫蘇 (あかじそ) ‎(akajiso)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zǐsū

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄙㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² sou¹
Min Nan (POJ): chí-so͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zǐsū
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄙㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyysu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ su⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² sou¹
  - Yale: jí sōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² sou¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ sou̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-so͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-soo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cysof
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɔ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁴⁴/