白蘞

See also: 白蔹

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
trad. (白蘞)		白	蘞
simp. (白蔹)		白	蔹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báiliǎn, bóliàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇ, ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báiliǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báiliǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-lien³
    • Yale: bái-lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairlean
    • Palladius: байлянь (bajljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bóliàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bóliàn
    • Wade–Giles: po²-lien⁴
    • Yale: bwó-lyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borliann
    • Palladius: болянь (boljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ li̯ɛn⁵¹/

Noun

白蘞

1. root of the Japanese Ampelopsis serianifolia, now Ampelopsis japonica (an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to "clear heat and toxics")

See also

• 清熱藥／清热药 (qīngrèyào, “"heat-clearing" medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine”)
• 藥材／药材 (yàocái, “medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine”)

References

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	蘞
びゃく Grade: 1	れん Hyōgai
goon	on'yomi

Noun

白(びゃく)蘞(れん) • (byakuren) 

1. Synonym of 鏡草 (kagamigusa, “Ampelopsis japonica”)
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) roots of Ampelopsis japonica used in medicine