白芍

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	Paeonia albiflora
trad. (白芍)		白	芍
simp. #(白芍)		白	芍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báisháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ zoek³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-chiok / pe̍h-sio̍h / pe̍k-chiak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báisháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báisháo
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-shao²
    • Yale: bái-sháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshaur
    • Palladius: байшао (bajšao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báisháor
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄠˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báisháor
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-shao²-ʼrh
    • Yale: bái-sháur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshaurl
    • Palladius: байшаор (bajšaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʂaʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ zoek³
    • Yale: baahk jeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ dzoek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ zêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² t͡sœːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-chiok
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-tsiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqciog
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-sio̍h
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-sio̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqsioih
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² sioʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍k-chiak
    • Tâi-lô: pi̍k-tsiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pegciag
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siak̚³²/

Noun

白芍

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) root of the white peony (Paeonia lactiflora)

See also

• 赤芍 (chìsháo)
• 芍藥／芍药 (sháoyao)