種珠

Chinese

		to plant; to cultivate; kind to plant; to cultivate; kind; type; race; breed; seed; species (taxonomy)	pearl; bead
trad. (種珠)		種	珠
simp. (种珠)		种	珠

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-chu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng³ zu¹

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-chu
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeangzw
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡seŋ²¹⁻⁴² t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng³ zu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsèng tsu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡su³³/

Verb

種珠

1. (Southern Min, immunology) to vaccinate against smallpox

   • 爾能種痘麽 [Teochew, trad.]
     尔能种痘么 [Teochew, simp.]

     From: 1841, William Dean, First Lessons in the Tie-chiw Dialect, “Diseases”

     le² oi⁶ zêng³ zu¹ meh⁴ [Peng'im]

     do you understand inoculation

Synonyms

• 種汞／种汞 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 種牛痘／种牛痘 (zhòng niúdòu)
• 種痘／种痘 (zhòngdòu)
• 種花／种花 (zhònghuā) (dialectal)
• 點痘子／点痘子 (dienn³ dou⁵ zr) (Xiang)