柴胡
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Chinese
| firewood | barbarian; recklessly; surname | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (柴胡) | 柴 | 胡 | |
| simp. #(柴胡) | 柴 | 胡 | |
| anagram | 胡柴 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ ㄏㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cháihú
- Wade–Giles: chʻai2-hu2
- Yale: chái-hú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chairhwu
- Palladius: чайху (čajxu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ xu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: caai4 wu4
- Yale: chàaih wùh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai4 wu4
- Guangdong Romanization: cai4 wu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ wuː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Noun
柴胡
- (traditional Chinese medicine) root of Bupleurum falcatum (herb used to reduce "heat" symptoms)
Derived terms
References
柴胡 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh- Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 柴 | 胡 |
| さい Jinmeiyō |
こ Jinmeiyō |
| kan'on | |
Noun
- (traditional Chinese medicine) dried roots of 三島柴胡 (mishima saiko, “Bupleurum stenophyllum”)
- plants of genus Bupleurum