Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- zǐ
English
- purple, violet
- purple
- purple; violet
- amethyst
- violet
- surname
粵語
- 形容紅加藍而成嘅顏色，例如係薰衣草嘅顏色
As a component in
Words containing 紫
- 紫外線zi2 ngoi6 sin3
ultraviolet ray
- 紫色zi2 sik1
purple
- 紫菜zi2 coi3
edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori
- 紫河車zi2 ho4 ce1
(TCM) dried human placenta (used as medicine)
- 紫禁城zi2 gam3 seng4
the Forbidden City
- 發紫faat3 zi2
(of body) to appear blue or purple
- 紫羅蘭zi2 lo4 laan4
(botany) common stock; gillyflower (Matthiola incana)
- 紫米zi2 mai5
black rice; purple rice
- 紫外光zi2 ngoi6 gwong1
ultraviolet light
- 紫荊zi2 ging1
Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)
- 紫銅zi2 tung4
copper (pure copper, as opposed to alloy)
- 紫荊花zi2 ging1 faa1
(flower) Cercis chinensis
- 洋紫荊joeng4 zi2 ging1
Hong Kong orchid (Bauhinia blakeana)
- 紫杉zi2 caam3
Japanese yew (taxus cuspidata)
- 紫心丸zi2 sam1 jyun2
barbiturates (a type of depressant) [colloquial]
- 紫籌股zi2 cau4 gu2
purple chip stock, with the capital from Mainland China invested in blue chip companies [written and colloquial]
- 紫脹zi2 zoeng3
to get red and swollen
- 紫袍zi2 pou4
purple qipao gown, the sign of an official position
- 紫貂zi2 diu1
sable (Martes zibellina)
- 葡萄紫pou4 tou4 zi2
grayish purple color
- 紫外zi2 ngoi6
ultraviolet (ray)
- 紫金zi2 gam1
see 紫金縣|紫金县[Zi3 jin1 Xian4]
- 紫陽zi2 joeng4
see 紫陽縣|紫阳县[Zi3 yang2 Xian4]
- 紫紅zi2 hung4
Purplish red