寒食散

Chinese

		cold food	adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (寒食散)		寒食	散
simp. #(寒食散)		寒食	散

Etymology

Refers to eating cold food to counteract hyperthermia caused by the drug.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hánshísǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄕˊ ㄙㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁴ sik⁶ saan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hánshísǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄕˊ ㄙㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hánshíhsǎn
    • Wade–Giles: han²-shih²-san³
    • Yale: hán-shŕ-sǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnshyrsaan
    • Palladius: ханьшисань (xanʹšisanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ sän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon⁴ sik⁶ saan²
    • Yale: hòhn sihk sáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁴ sik⁹ saan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon⁴ xig⁶ san²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²¹ sɪk̚² saːn³⁵/

Noun

寒食散

1. cold-food powder (a poisonous psychoactive drug popular in ancient China)

Synonyms

• 五石散 (wǔshísǎn)