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蒺藜

蒺藜

Chinese

		Tribulus terrestris	Chenopodium album
simp. and trad. (蒺藜)		蒺	藜

Noun

蒺藜

caltrop; starthistle

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jílí

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zat⁶ lai⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhi̍t-lì
Min Nan (POJ): che̍k-lê / chi̍t-lê

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jílí
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyili
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ li³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zat⁶ lai⁴
  - Yale: jaht làih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁹ lai⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚² lɐi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhi̍t-lì
  - Hakka Romanization System: qid liˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qid⁶ li²
  - IPA: /t͡ɕʰit̚⁵ li¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: che̍k-lê / chi̍t-lê
  - Tâi-lô: tsi̍k-lê / tsi̍t-lê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeglee, cidlee
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪk̚⁴⁻²¹ le²⁴/, /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻²¹ le²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪk̚²⁴⁻²² le²⁴/, /t͡ɕit̚²⁴⁻²² le²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ le¹³/, /t͡ɕit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ le¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪk̚⁴⁻³² le²⁴/, /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² le²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪk̚⁴⁻³² le²³/, /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² le²³/