海金沙

Chinese

		ocean; sea	metal; gold; money	granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
simp. and trad. (海金沙)		海	金	沙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎijīnshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² gam¹ saa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-kim-soa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎijīnshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎijinsha
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-chin¹-sha¹
    • Yale: hǎi-jīn-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haejinsha
    • Palladius: хайцзиньша (xajczinʹša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² gam¹ saa¹
    • Yale: hói gām sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² gam¹ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² gem¹ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-kim-soa
    • Tâi-lô: hái-kim-sua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hay'kimsoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴⁻²² sua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kim³³ sua³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴⁻²² sua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴⁻³³ sua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kim⁴⁴⁻³³ sua⁴⁴/

Noun

海金沙

1. spores of Lygodium japonicum (a medicinal substance used in traditional Chinese medicine to "induce diuresis and excrete dampness".

Synonyms

• 海金砂 (hǎijīnshā)

See also

• 利湿药 (lìshīyào) ("dampness-eliminating" medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)
• 药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)

References

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