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首烏

首烏

See also: 首乌

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void
trad. (首烏)		首	烏
simp. (首乌)		首	乌

Noun

首烏

Alternative term for 何首烏／何首乌 (héshǒuwū).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shǒuwū

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² wu¹
Min Nan (POJ): siú-o͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǒuwū
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² wu¹
  - Yale: sáu wū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² wu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ wuː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-o͘
  - Tâi-lô: siú-oo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siwof
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɔ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɔ⁴⁴/