仙茅

Chinese

		immortal	thatch
trad. (仙茅)		仙	茅
simp. #(仙茅)		仙	茅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānmáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄇㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānmáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianmáo
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-mao²
    • Yale: syān-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianmau
    • Palladius: сяньмао (sjanʹmao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

仙茅

1. rhizome of the curculigo (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat yang deficiency.)

Related terms

• 补益药 (bǔyìyào) (tonics in Chinese medicine)
• 药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials of traditional Chinese medicine)

References

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