zǐ
purple
violet
amethyst
Lithospermum erythrorhizon (flowering plant whose root provides red purple dye)
Japanese: murasaki
Zǐ jìn chéng
the Forbidden City
the Imperial Palace in Beijing
same as 故宮|故宫[Gu4 gong1]
Zǐ yáng
Ziyang County in Ankang 安康[An1 kang1], Shaanxi
wàn zǐ qiān hóng
thousands of purples and reds (idiom); a blaze of color
fig. a profusion of flourishing trades
zǐ cài
flavored roasted seaweed
generic term for edible seaweed
Japanese: nori
zǐ jīng
Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)
zǐ zhú
black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra)
Zǐ jīn
Zijin county in Heyuan 河源[He2 yuan2], Guangdong
zǐ hóng sè
red-purple
mauve
prune (color)
claret
zǐ qì
purple cloud (auspicious portent in astrology)
Zǐ yún
Ziyun Hmong and Buyei autonomous county in Anshun 安順|安顺[An1 shun4], Guizhou
zǐ jīng
amethyst (purple crystalline silicon dioxide)
zǐ sū
beefsteak plant
shiso
Perilla frutescens
Zǐ jīn shān
Purple Mountain in suburbs of Nanjing, with Ming tombs and Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum
zǐ cǎo
red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon)
flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye
arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)
zǐ tóng
copper (pure copper, as opposed to alloy)
chà zǐ yān hóng
fig. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom); lit. beautiful flowers
Zǐ Shì bù
Murasaki Shikibu (born c. 973), Japanese writer, author of "The Tale of Genji"
zǐ wēi dòu shù
Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling
Zhào Zǐ yáng
Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then
Zǐ jīn shān Tiān wén tái
Purple Mountain Observatory
zǐ shān
Japanese yew (taxus cuspidata)
Zǐ jīn xiàn
Zijin county in Heyuan 河源[He2 yuan2], Guangdong
Zǐ yáng xiàn
Ziyang county in Ānkāng 安康[Ān kāng], Shǎnxī
zǐ páo
purple qipao gown, the sign of an official position
lóng dǎn zǐ
gentian violet C25H30ClN3
crystal violet
zǐ cài bāo fàn
gimbap (Korean rice roll similar in appearance to sushi)
kimbap
Hú Zǐ wēi
Hu Ziwei (1970-), PRC lady TV presenter
dà zǐ jīng xūn zhāng
Great Bauhinia Medal (GBM), Hong Kong's highest honor
Zǐ píng pū
Zipingpu reservoir, Sichuan
Hú Zǐ wēi
Hu Ziwei (1970-), PRC lady TV presenter
zǐ cǎo kē
Boraginaceae (family of flowers and bushes)
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