川芎

Chinese

		river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)	Szechuan lovage ({{ll|mul|Ligusticum striatum}})
trad. (川芎)		川	芎
simp. #(川芎)		川	芎
alternative forms		川穹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuānxiōng, chuānqiōng, chuāngōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢ ㄒㄩㄥ, ㄔㄨㄢ ㄑㄩㄥ, ㄔㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun¹ gung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhôn-kiûng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhoan-kiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuānxiōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ ㄒㄩㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuansyong
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan¹-hsiung¹
    • Yale: chwān-syūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuanshiong
    • Palladius: чуаньсюн (čuanʹsjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuānqiōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ ㄑㄩㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuancyong
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan¹-chʻiung¹
    • Yale: chwān-chyūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuanchiong
    • Palladius: чуаньцюн (čuanʹcjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Singapore)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuāngōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuangong
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan¹-kung¹
    • Yale: chwān-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuangong
    • Palladius: чуаньгун (čuanʹgun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun¹ gung¹
    • Yale: chyūn gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn¹ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun¹ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhôn-kiûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: con´ giung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: con¹ giung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰon²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯uŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoan-kiong
    • Tâi-lô: tshuan-kiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoankiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuan³³ kiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

川芎

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) rhizome of the Szechuan lovage (Ligusticum striatum)
2. Conioselinum

Synonyms

• 芎藭／芎䓖 (xiōngqióng)

Hypernyms

• 活血祛瘀藥／活血祛瘀药
• 藥材／药材 (yàocái)