大戟

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	a lance with two points
simp. and trad. (大戟)		大	戟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàjǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàjǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàjǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chi³
    • Yale: dà-jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjii
    • Palladius: дацзи (daczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

大戟

1. Peking spurge (Euphorbia pekinensis)
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) root of Knoxia or of Euphorbia pekinensis. (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to "cool blood".)

Synonyms

• 蕎

See also

• 藥材／药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials of traditional Chinese medicine)

References

• 大戟 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.
• http://www.nciku.com/

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	戟
だい Grade: 1	げき Jinmeiyō
goon	kan'yōon

Noun

大(だい)戟(げき) • (daigeki) 

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) dried root of Euphorbia lasiocaula

See also

• 高灯台(たかとうだい) (takatōdai)