知母

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīmǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīmǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihmǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-mu³
    • Yale: jr̄-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jymuu
    • Palladius: чжиму (čžimu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ mou⁵
    • Yale: jī móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ mou̯¹³/

Etymology 1

		to know; to be aware	female; mother
simp. and trad. (知母)		知	母

Noun

知母

1. Anemarrhena asphodeloides
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) rhizome of Anemarrhena asphodeloides

Etymology 2

		phonetic	female; mother
simp. and trad. (知母)		知	母

Noun

知母

1. (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 知 (MC trje)

References

• Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.