柴胡

Chinese

		firewood	barbarian; recklessly; surname
trad. (柴胡)		柴	胡
simp. #(柴胡)		柴	胡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháihú

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞˊ ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai⁴ wu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhâ-ô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháihú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháihú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻai²-hu²
    • Yale: chái-hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chairhwu
    • Palladius: чайху (čajxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caai⁴ wu⁴
    • Yale: chàaih wùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai⁴ wu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai⁴ wu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ wuː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâ-ô͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshâ-ôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zha'oo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² ɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² ɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa¹³⁻²² ɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa²³⁻³³ ɔ²³/

Noun

柴胡

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) root of Bupleurum falcatum (herb used to reduce "heat" symptoms)

Derived terms

• 小柴胡湯／小柴胡汤 (xiǎocháihútāng)
• 銀柴胡／银柴胡 (yíncháihú)

 

References

• 柴胡 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.