膽南星

See also: 胆南星

Chinese

		the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder	south	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (膽南星)		膽	南	星
simp. (胆南星)		胆	南	星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎnnánxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎnnánxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎnnánsing
    • Wade–Giles: tan³-nan²-hsing¹
    • Yale: dǎn-nán-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daannanshing
    • Palladius: даньнаньсин (danʹnanʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

膽南星

1. Rhizome of Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema) and bile. (A prepared substance used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce spasms, cramps, facial paralysis, and stroke.)

See also

• 藥材／药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials of traditional Chinese medicine)

References

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