海金砂

Chinese

		ocean; sea	metal; gold; money	sand; gravel; granule
simp. and trad. (海金砂)		海	金	砂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎijīnshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄚ

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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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Noun

海金砂

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

Synonyms

• 海金沙 (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

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