八珍

Chinese

		eight	precious thing; treasure
trad. (八珍)		八	珍
simp. #(八珍)		八	珍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāzhēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ zan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pat-tin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāzhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bajhen
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-chên¹
    • Yale: bā-jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bajen
    • Palladius: бачжэнь (bačžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ zan¹
    • Yale: baat jān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ dzan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ t͡sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat-tin
    • Tâi-lô: pat-tin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: patdyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ tin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pat̚⁵⁻²⁴ tin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pat̚³²⁻⁵ tin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ tin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ tin⁴⁴/

Noun

八珍

1. eight kinds of delicacies; (by extension) delicacies (in general)
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) eight ingredients for tonifying qi and nourishing the blood: ginseng, rhizome of Atractylodes macrocephala, tuckahoe, licorice, dong quai, processed Rehmannia root, peony and chuanxiong

Derived terms

• 八珍湯／八珍汤
• 八珍鹹粥／八珍咸粥

 

Adjective

八珍

1. (Taiwan, of one's words and behaviour) indecent; immodest