蒲黃

See also: 蒲黄

Chinese

		calamus	yellow
trad. (蒲黃)		蒲	黃
simp. (蒲黄)		蒲	黄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): púhuáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: púhuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: púhuáng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu²-huang²
    • Yale: pú-hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwuhwang
    • Palladius: пухуан (puxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/

Noun

蒲黃

1. pollen of the Typha (cattail or reedmace) (a substance used in traditional Chinese medicine to lower blood cholesterol.)

References

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