紫檀

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	sandal wood
trad. (紫檀)		紫	檀
simp. #(紫檀)		紫	檀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐtán

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² taan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-tôaⁿ / chú-tôaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐtán
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhtán
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-tʻan²
    • Yale: dž-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyytarn
    • Palladius: цзытань (czytanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² taan⁴
    • Yale: jí tàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² taan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² tan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ tʰaːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-tôaⁿ / chú-tôaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-tuânn / tsú-tuânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy'dvoaa, zw'dvoaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã²⁴/, /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tuã²⁴/, /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tuã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã¹³/, /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã²⁴/, /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tuã²³/, /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tuã²³/

Noun

紫檀

1. rosewood (genus Dalbergia)
2. red sandalwood (species Pterocarpus santalinus)

Synonyms

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• 紫檀木

See also

• 紅木／红木 (hóngmù)
• 花梨木 (huālímù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紫	檀
し Grade: S	たん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

紫(し)檀(たん) or 紫檀(シタン) • (shitan) 

1. rosewood, general term for red-hued hardwoods in genus Dalbergia
2. (more broadly) a general term for red-hued tropical hardwoods used in woodworking