莨菪

Chinese

		Scopalia japonica maxin
trad. (莨菪)		莨	菪
simp. #(莨菪)		莨	菪
alternative forms		莨𦳝／莨𰰢 莨蓎 莨𦿆 莨蕩／莨荡 蒗蓎 莨𦳝／莨𰰢 莨蓎 莨𦿆 莨蕩／莨荡 蒗蓎 蒗蕩／蒗荡 䕞薚 䕞𦿆

Etymology

Perhaps transcription of a foreign term; compare Tibetan ལང་ཐང་རྩེ (lang thang rtse, “Hyoscyamus niger”).

In what is possibly a folk etymology, herbalist Li Shizhen explained the name as:

其子服之，令人狂狼放宕，故名。 [Literary Chinese, trad. and simp.]

From: The Compendium of Materia Medica [Bencao Gangmu], by Li Shizhen, 1578 CE

Qí zǐ fú zhī, lìng rén kuángláng fàngdàng, gù míng. [Pinyin]

Its seeds, when ingested, will make one deranged (kuanglang) and unrestrained (fangdang), hence the name.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): làngdàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˋ ㄉㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁶ dong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làngdàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˋ ㄉㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làngdàng
    • Wade–Giles: lang⁴-tang⁴
    • Yale: làng-dàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanqdanq
    • Palladius: ландан (landan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: long⁶ dong⁶
    • Yale: lohng dohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: long⁶ dong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: long⁶ dong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²² tɔːŋ²²/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

莨菪

1. black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger)

Synonyms

• 天仙子 (tiānxiānzǐ)

Derived terms

• 山莨菪 (shānlàngdàng)
• 山莨菪鹼／山莨菪碱
• 東莨菪／东莨菪
• 東莨菪鹼／东莨菪碱 (dōnglàngdàngjiǎn)
• 莨菪子
• 莨菪烷
• 莨菪鹼／莨菪碱