水杉

Chinese

		water; river	(pine); fir
simp. and trad. (水杉)		水	杉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² caam³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěishan
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-shan¹
    • Yale: shwěi-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeishan
    • Palladius: шуйшань (šujšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² caam³
    • Yale: séui chaam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² tsaam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² cam³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰaːm³³/

Noun

水杉

1. dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	杉
みず Grade: 1	すぎ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “water cedar”, 水(みず) (mizu, “water”) + 杉(すぎ) (sugi, “cedar”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲizɨsɨɡʲi]

Noun

水(みず)杉(すぎ) or 水杉(ミズスギ) • (mizusugi) ^{←みづすぎ (midusugi)?}

1. Lycopodiella cernuum

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).