補骨脂

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See also: 补骨脂

Chinese

to repair; to patch; to mend
to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
 
bone fat
trad. (補骨脂)
simp. (补骨脂)
alternative forms 婆固脂
破故紙破故纸
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Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Sanskrit वाकुची (vākucī), बाकुची (bākucī), बाकुचि (bākuci, dry ripe fruits of Psoralea corylifolia). Compare Hindi बकुची (bakucī), बावची (bāvcī).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (28) (23)
Final () (23) (56) (15)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Open
Division () I I III
Fanqie
Baxter puX kwot tsyij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/puoX/ /kuət̚/ /t͡ɕiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun
/puoX/ /kuot̚/ /t͡ɕi/
Shao
Rongfen
/poX/ /kuət̚/ /t͡ɕjɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pɔX/ /kwət̚/ /ci/
Li
Rong
/poX/ /kuət̚/ /t͡ɕi/
Wang
Li
/puX/ /kuət̚/ /t͡ɕi/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/puoX/ /kuət̚/ /t͡ɕi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gu zhī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bou2 gwat1 zi1

Noun

補骨脂

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) fruit of the tumbleweed (Psoralea corylifolia)