天麻

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp (to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp; numb; to bother
trad. (天麻)		天	麻
simp. #(天麻)		天	麻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānmá

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ maa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānmá
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianmá
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-ma²
    • Yale: tyān-má
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianma
    • Palladius: тяньма (tjanʹma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ maa⁴
    • Yale: tīn màh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ maa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ ma⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ maː²¹/

Noun

天麻

1. Rhizome of Gastrodia elata (a herb in traditional Chinese medicine to treat depression, epilepsy and migraine.)

See also

• 平肝药 (pínggān yào) ("liver-calming" medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)
• 药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)

References

• 天麻 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• http://www.nciku.com/