貝母

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Chinese

		cowries; shell; valuables cowries; shell; valuables; shellfish	female; mother
trad. (貝母)		貝	母
simp. (贝母)		贝	母

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bèimǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄇㄨˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bèimǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄇㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bèimǔ
  - Wade–Giles: pei⁴-mu³
  - Yale: bèi-mǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beymuu
  - Palladius: бэйму (bɛjmu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

貝母

bulb of Fritillaria verticillata (a herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce phlegm)

See also

化痰止咳平喘藥／化痰止咳平喘药

References

Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
貝	母
ばい Grade: 1	も Grade: 2
kan'yōon	goon

Noun

貝(ばい)母(も) • (baimo)

Synonym of 編笠百合 (amigasa yuri, “Fritillaria verticillata var. thunbergii, a species of fritillary”)
(traditional Chinese medicine) bulb of Fritillaria verticillata var. thunbergii used in medicine

Korean

Hanja in this term
貝	母

Noun

貝母 • (paemo) (hangeul 패모)

hanja form^? of 패모 (“fritillary”)

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