泡參

Chinese

		to steep; soak; bubble(s) to steep; soak; bubble(s); foam; puffed; swollen	ginseng; take part in; participate ginseng; take part in; participate; join; attend; to join; unequal; varied; irregular; to counsel; uneven; not uniform
trad. (泡參/泡蔘)		泡	參/蔘
simp. (泡参)		泡	参

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàoshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˋ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau³ sam¹

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàoshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˋ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàoshen
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao⁴-shên¹
    • Yale: pàu-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pawshen
    • Palladius: паошэнь (paošɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau³ sam¹
    • Yale: paau sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau³ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao³ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯³³ sɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

泡參

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) root of the American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 西洋參 (“American ginseng”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		西洋參
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	西洋參, 花旗參, 粉光參
	Singapore	洋參, 泡參
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	洋參
Cantonese	Guangzhou	花旗參, 西洋參, 洋參
	Hong Kong	花旗參
	Taishan	花旗參
	Dongguan	花旗參, 西洋參
Huizhou	Jixi	西洋參
Northern Min	Jian'ou	洋參
Southern Min	Xiamen	洋參
	Quanzhou	洋參
Wu	Hangzhou	花旗參
	Jinhua	西洋參