硬玉

Chinese

		hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm	jade
simp. and trad. (硬玉)		硬	玉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìngyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìngyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìngyù
    • Wade–Giles: ying⁴-yü⁴
    • Yale: yìng-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqyuh
    • Palladius: инъюй (inʺjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/

Noun

硬玉

1. jadeite

Synonyms

• 翠玉
• 翡翠 (fěicuì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (硬玉):

• → Japanese: 硬(こう)玉(ぎょく) (kōgyoku)
• → Korean: 경옥(硬玉) (gyeong'ok)

See also

• 軟玉／软玉 (ruǎnyù)