# 海棗
## Chinese

* 海棗

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hǎizǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄗㄠˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hǎizǎo [Phonetic: háizǎo]
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄗㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hǎizǎo
*** Wade–Giles: hai$^3$-tsao$^3$
*** Yale: hǎi-dzǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haetzao
*** Palladius: хайцзао (xajczao)
*** Sinological IPA : /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$海棗／海枣 海藻
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hǎizǎor [Phonetic: háizǎor]
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄗㄠˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hǎizǎor
*** Wade–Giles: hai$^3$-tsao$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: hǎi-dzǎur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haetzaol
*** Palladius: хайцзаор (xajczaor)
*** Sinological IPA : /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡saʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Middle Chinese: xojX tsawX
Rime :
| Character | 海 | 棗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 咍 (41) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 呼改切 | 子晧切 |
| Baxter | xojX | tsawX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hʌi$^X$/ | /t͡sɑu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /həi$^X$/ | /t͡sɑu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xɒi$^X$/ | /t͡sɑu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /həj$^X$/ | /t͡saw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /xᴀi$^X$/ | /t͡sɑu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /xɒi$^X$/ | /t͡sɑu$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /xɑ̆i$^X$/ | /t͡sɑu$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hǎi | zǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hoi$^2$ | zou$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m̥ˤəʔ [ts]ˤuʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hmlɯːʔ ʔsuːʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 海 | 棗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hǎi | zǎo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xoj$^X$ › | ‹ tsaw$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*m̥ˁəʔ/ (dialect *m̥ˁ- > x-) | /*[ts]ˁuʔ/ |
| English | sea | jujube |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 海 | 棗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 9283 | 16564 |
| Phonetic component | 母 | 棗 |
| Rime group | 之 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 海 | 早 |
| Old Chinese | /*hmlɯːʔ/ | /*ʔsuːʔ/ |

### Noun

海棗
* (literary) a kind of fruit in Chinese mythology
    From: 《晏子春秋·外篇下十三》
    Jǐnggōng wèi Yàn Zǐ yuē: “Dōnghǎi zhī zhōng, yǒu shuǐ ér chì, qí zhōng yǒu zǎo, huá ér bù shí, hé yě?” Yàn Zǐ duì yuē: “Xī zhě Qín Móugōng chéng lóngzhōu ér lǐ tiānxià, yǐ huáng bù guǒ zhēng zǎo, zhì Dōnghǎi ér juān qí bù, bǐ huáng bù, gù shuǐ chì; zhēng zǎo, gù Huá ér bù shí.” Gōng yuē: “Wú xiáng wèn zǐ, hé wèi duì?” Yàn Zǐ duì yuē: “Yīng wén zhī, xiáng wèn zhě, yì xiáng duì zhī yě.” [Pinyin]
    Duke Jing spoke to Yanzi: "In the Eastern Sea, there are waters which are red, and there are jujubes in it, which flower but do not bear fruit; what are they?" Yanzi replied: "In olden times, Duke Miao ruled all under heaven riding on a dragon boat, and used a yellow cloth to wrap and steam jujubes, and when he reached the Eastern Sea, he wrung this cloth; because of that cloth, the waters are red; because he steamed the jujubes, they flower but do not bear fruit." The Duke spoke: "I invented everything I asked you about, so how could you reply?" Yanzi answered: "I have heard it said that when someone invents a question, you can also invent an answer."
* (literary, figuratively) chimerical thing
    From: 《文選·陸倕＜新刻漏銘＞》
    Pì bǐ chūnhuá, tóng fū hǎizǎo. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* date palm (Phoenix dactylifera)
    From: 晉·嵇含《南方草木狀》卷下
    Hǎizǎo shù shēn wú xiánzhī, zhí sǒng sān sì zhàng, ér shù dǐng sì miàn gòng shēng shí yú zhī, yè rú bēnlǘ, wǔ nián yī shí, shí shèn dà, rú bēi wǎn, hé liǎng tóu bù jiān, shuāng juǎn ér yuán, qí wèi jí gānměi, Ānyì yù zǎo wú yǐ jiā yě. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* 椰棗／椰枣 (yēzǎo)