桂枝

Chinese

		Cinnamomum cassia; Guangxi Autonomous Region (abbrev.)	branch; (a measure word)
simp. and trad. (桂枝)		桂	枝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guìzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai³ zi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kùi-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guìzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guèijhih
    • Wade–Giles: kuei⁴-chih¹
    • Yale: gwèi-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueyjy
    • Palladius: гуйчжи (gujčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai³ zi¹
    • Yale: gwai jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei³ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi-ki
    • Tâi-lô: kuì-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuie'ky
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹⁻⁴¹ ki⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

Noun

桂枝

1. twig of the cinnamon tree (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine as a "stomach tonic".)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (桂枝):

• → Japanese: 桂(けい)枝(し) (keishi)
• → Korean: 계지(桂枝) (gyeji)

See also

• 解表藥／解表药 (jiěbiǎoyào) ("superfices-syndrome" relieving materia medica in traditional Chinese medicine)
• 藥材／药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)

Etymology 2

Noun

桂枝

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Mandarin, Internet slang, derogatory) Alternative form of 貴支／贵支 (guìzhī, “Your Zhīnà; "Not my China"”)

References

• 桂枝 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.