甜玉竹

Chinese

		sweet
trad. (甜玉竹)		甜	玉竹
simp. #(甜玉竹)		甜	玉竹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiányùzhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄩˋ ㄓㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiányùzhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄩˋ ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiányùjhú
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien²-yü⁴-chu²
    • Yale: tyán-yù-jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyanyuhjwu
    • Palladius: тяньюйчжу (tjanʹjujčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ y⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/

Noun

甜玉竹

1. root of the Polygonatum macropodium. (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat yin deficiency.)

Synonyms

• 海竹 (hǎizhú)
• 海玉竹 (hǎiyùzhú)

Hypernyms

• 补益药 (bǔyìyào) (tonics in Chinese medicine)
• 药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials of traditional Chinese medicine)

References

• 甜玉竹 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.
• http://www.nciku.com/