四物
Chinese edit
four | thing; object; matter | ||
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simp. and trad. (四物) |
四 | 物 |
Pronunciation edit
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Quanzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr-bu̍t
- Tâi-lô: sìr-bu̍t
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ but̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-bu̍t
- Tâi-lô: sì-bu̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: sie'but
- IPA (Philippines): /si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ but̚²⁴/
Noun edit
四物
- (Hokkien) the four traditional Chinese medicine herbs, Paeonia lactiflora (白芍), Rehmannia (熟地), Angelica sinensis (當歸/当归), and Ligusticum striatum (川芎), often stewed with meat to make a Chinese herbal soup, 四物湯/四物汤 (sù-bu̍t-thng / sì-bu̍t-thng).