蘆根

See also: 芦根

Chinese

		rush; reed; Phragmites communis	radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (蘆根)		蘆	根
simp. (芦根)		芦	根

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lúgēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˊ ㄍㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ gan¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶lu-ken

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lúgēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˊ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lúgen
    • Wade–Giles: lu²-kên¹
    • Yale: lú-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lugen
    • Palladius: лугэнь (lugɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu³⁵ kən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴ gan¹
    • Yale: lòuh gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ kɐn⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶lu-ken
    • MiniDict: lu^去 ken
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lu-ken
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lu²² kən⁴⁴/

Noun

蘆根

1. rhizome of Phragmites australis ( <= Phragmites communis) or common reed (A rhizome used in traditional Chinese medicine as a "lung tonic".)

References

• 蘆根／芦根 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh