苔蘚

See also: 苔藓

Chinese

		moss; coating (of tongue)	mosses on damp walls
trad. (苔蘚)		苔	蘚
simp. (苔藓)		苔	藓
anagram		蘚苔／藓苔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táixiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): toi⁴ sin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táixiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táisiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai²-hsien³
    • Yale: tái-syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tairshean
    • Palladius: тайсянь (tajsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: toi⁴ sin²
    • Yale: tòih sín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toi⁴ sin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: toi⁴ xin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯²¹ siːn³⁵/

Noun

苔蘚

1. moss (plants of the division Bryophyta)
2. (medicine, in compounds) lichen

Synonyms

• 青苔 (qīngtái)
• 綠苔／绿苔
• (Min Nan) 苔 (tái)

Derived terms

• 扁平紅苔蘚／扁平红苔藓
• 扁平苔蘚／扁平苔藓
• 硬化性苔蘚／硬化性苔藓 (yìnghuàxìng táixiǎn)