玉樹

Chinese

		jade	tree
trad. (玉樹)		玉	樹
simp. (玉树)		玉	树
Literally: “jade tree”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùshù

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄕㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ syu⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gio̍k-chhiū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùshù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄕㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùshù
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴-shu⁴
  - Yale: yù-shù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhshuh
  - Palladius: юйшу (jujšu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ syu⁶
  - Yale: yuhk syuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ sy⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ xu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² syː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gio̍k-chhiū
  - Tâi-lô: gio̍k-tshiū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giogchiu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu³³/

Noun

玉樹

(literary, mythology) fairy tree
(literary, figurative) jade-like beautiful tree
(literary, figurative) snow-covered tree
(literary, figurative) young man who is talented or handsome
silver dollar (Crassula arborescens)
eucalyptus

Synonyms

(eucalyptus): 桉樹／桉树 (ānshù), 黃金樹／黄金树 (huángjīnshù), 尤加利樹／尤加利树

Derived terms

玉樹臨風／玉树临风 (yùshùlínfēng)
瓊林玉樹／琼林玉树
瓊枝玉樹／琼枝玉树
芝蘭玉樹／芝兰玉树
蒹葭倚玉樹／蒹葭倚玉树

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Tibetan ཡུལ་ཤུལ (yul shul).

Proper noun

玉樹

(～藏族自治州, ～州) Yushu (an autonomous prefecture of Qinghai, China)
(～市) Yushu (a county-level city in Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai, China)

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