血三七

Chinese

		blood	notoginseng
trad. (血三七)		血	三七
simp. #(血三七)		血	三七

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiat-sam-chhit

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiat-sam-chhit
    • Tâi-lô: hiat-sam-tshit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiatsamchid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰit̚³²/

Noun

血三七

1. (Xiamen Hokkien, traditional Chinese medicine) Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica, syn. Polygonum cuspidatum, an herb used as a natural laxative)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 虎杖 (“Japanese knotweed”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		虎杖
Taxonomic name		虎杖
Mandarin	Taiwan	虎杖
Cantonese	Hong Kong	虎杖
Gan	Lichuan	酸梗
Southern Min	Xiamen	血三七