遠志

See also: 远志

Chinese

		far; distant; remote	the will
trad. (遠志)		遠	志
simp. (远志)		远	志
alternative forms		薳志 herb

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuǎnzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˇ ㄓˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oán-chì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuǎnzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuǎnjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: yüan³-chih⁴
    • Yale: ywǎn-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuanjyh
    • Palladius: юаньчжи (juanʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-chì
    • Tâi-lô: uán-tsì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafncix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡si²¹/

Noun

遠志

1. great ambition; aspiration
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) root of Polygala senega (an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to calm the mind, to promote sleep; to treat boils, sores, and breast tumors)

Related terms

• 安神藥／安神药 (ānshényào, “sedatives in traditional Chinese medicine”)
• 藥材／药材 (yàocái, “medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine”)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (遠志):

• → Korean: 원지(遠志) (wonji)
• → Vietnamese: viễn chí (遠志)

Korean

Hanja in this term
遠	志

Noun

遠志 • (wonji) (hangeul 원지)

1. Hanja form^? of 원지 (“Polygala senega”).