沙棗

See also: 沙枣

Chinese

		granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar	jujube
trad. (沙棗)		沙	棗
simp. (沙枣)		沙	枣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāzǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄗㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ zou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāzǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄗㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shazǎo
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-tsao³
    • Yale: shā-dzǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shatzao
    • Palladius: шацзао (šaczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa¹ zou²
    • Yale: sā jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/

Noun

沙棗

1. Russian olive; oleaster (Elaeagnus angustifolia)

   • 不是人像沙棗，是沙棗像人。 [MSC, trad.]
     不是人像沙枣，是沙枣像人。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2016, Liang Heng, “Oleaster”

     Bùshì rén xiàng shāzǎo, shì shāzǎo xiàng rén. [Pinyin]

     It's not that humans are like oleasters, but that oleasters are like humans.