龍膽草

See also: 龙胆草

Chinese

		Gentiana scabra	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (龍膽草)		龍膽	草
simp. (龙胆草)		龙胆	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóngdǎncǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄢˇ ㄘㄠˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-táⁿ-chháu / liông-táⁿ-chháu / lêng-tám-chháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóngdǎncǎo [Phonetic: lóngdáncǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄢˇ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóngdǎncǎo
    • Wade–Giles: lung²-tan³-tsʻao³
    • Yale: lúng-dǎn-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longdaantsao
    • Palladius: лунданьцао (lundanʹcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ tän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-táⁿ-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-tánn-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengdvafzhao
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ tã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-táⁿ-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: liông-tánn-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liongdvafzhao
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ tã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-tám-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-tám-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengdafmzhao
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ tam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁴¹/

Noun

龍膽草

1. the root of the Gentiana (an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce heat, to treat symptoms of hypertension, gastritis, conjunctivitis and malaria)