珍珠
Chinese edit
precious thing; treasure | pearl; bead | ||
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simp. and trad. (珍珠) |
珍 | 珠 | |
alternative forms | 真珠 obsolete |
Etymology edit
Pearls were previously called 真珠 (zhēnzhū, “true pearls”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
珍珠
Synonyms edit
- (pearl):
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Sino-Xenic (真珠, 珍珠):
Others:
- → Common Turkic: *yinǯü
- Old Turkic: 𐰖𐰅𐰨𐰇 (yénčü)
- Kipchak:
- Proto-Oghuz:
- Siberian Turkic:
- Uyghur: ئۇنجە (unje), ئۇنجى (unji), ئىنجۇ (inju)
- Uzbek: inju
- → Bulgar: *ǯinǯü
- Chuvash: ӗнчӗ (ĕnč̬ĕ)
- → Old Hungarian: *dzsindzsü
- → Old East Slavic: жьньчюгъ (žĭnĭčjugŭ), жьмьчюгъ (žĭmĭčjugŭ) (see there for further descendants)
- → Classical Mongolian: ᠵᠢᠨᠵᠦᠦ (ǰinǰüü)
- Mongolian: жинжүү (žinžüü)
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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珍 | 珠 |
ちん Grade: S |
じゅ Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Proper noun edit
- a surname
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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珍 | 珠 |
Noun edit
Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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珍 | 珠 |
Noun edit
珍珠