Chinese

Chinese jadeite buttons.

Noun

翡翠

1. jadeite
2. kingfisher

Synonyms

• (kingfisher): 翠鳥／翠鸟 (cuìniǎo), 翡 (fěi), 魚狗／鱼狗 (yúgǒu)

Descendants

References

• 翡翠 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• jadeite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) ひすい [hìsúí] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [çi̥sɯᵝi]

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) ひ​すい [híꜜsùì] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [çisɯᵝi]

Noun

翡翠 ‎(hiragana ひすい, romaji hisui)

1. jade (gem)

Compounds

• 翡翠色

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• 翡翆, 魚狗, 川蟬

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) かわせみ [kàwásémí] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠se̞mi]

Noun

翡翠 ‎(hiragana かわせみ, katakana カワセミ, romaji kawasemi, historical hiragana かはせみ)

1. a common kingfisher