山楂

Chinese

		mountain; hill	Chinese quince; hawthorn; fell trees Chinese quince; hawthorn; fell trees; raft; to hew
trad. (山楂)		山	楂
simp. #(山楂)		山	楂
alternative forms		山查 山樝

山楂 (Crataegus pinnatifida)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shānzhā

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄓㄚ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): saan¹ zaa¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): san¹ za¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sân-châ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): san-cha / sian-cha / san-che

  (Teochew, Peng'im): suan¹ za¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shānzhā
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄓㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shanjha
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-cha¹
    • Yale: shān-jā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanja
    • Palladius: шаньчжа (šanʹčža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ zaa¹
    • Yale: sāan jā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ dzaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ za¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ t͡saː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: san¹ za¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /san³³ t͡sa³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sân-châ
    • Hakka Romanization System: san´ za´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: san¹ za¹
    • Sinological IPA: /san²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sa²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: san-cha
    • Tâi-lô: san-tsa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sanzaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /san⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /san⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sa⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-cha
    • Tâi-lô: sian-tsa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienzaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sa⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: san-che
    • Tâi-lô: san-tse
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sanzef
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /san⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡se⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: suan¹ za¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suaⁿ tsa
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sũã³³⁻²³ t͡sa³³/

Noun

山楂

1. hawthorn, haw (Crataegus), especially Chinese hawthorn (Crataegus pinnatifida)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 山楂 (“haw”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		朹, 檕梅
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		山楂, 山裡紅
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	山楂
	Langfang	山裡紅
	Harbin	酸楂, 山楂, 山裡紅
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	山裡兒紅
	Cangzhou	酸了紅
	Baoding	紅果兒
	Shijiazhuang	紅果
	Jinan	酸楂, 山楂
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	山楂
Central Plains Mandarin	Daming	山裡紅子
	Wanrong	山楂果
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	山楂
	Guiyang	山楂
	Liuzhou	山楂果
Cantonese	Guangzhou	山楂
	Hong Kong	山楂
	Taishan	山楂
Gan	Nanchang	山楂
	Pengze	猴棗
	Lichuan	茅楂
	Pingxiang	山楂子
Hakka	Meixian	山楂
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	山楂
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	山楂
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	山楂
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	山楂
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	山楂
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	山楂
Huizhou	Jixi	水楂
Jin	Taiyuan	酸裡紅
	Zhangjiakou	山裡紅
	Handan	山楂
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	山楂
Southern Min	Xiamen	山楂
	Tainan	山楂
	Bangkok (Teochew)	山楂
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	山楂
Wu	Suzhou	山楂
	Hangzhou	山楂
Xiang	Changsha	山楂

Derived terms

• 山楂片
• 山楂糕 (shānzhāgāo)
• 山楂餅／山楂饼 (shānzhābǐng)