豬苓

See also: 猪苓

Chinese

		hog; pig; swine	fungus; tuber
trad. (豬苓)		豬	苓
simp. (猪苓)		猪	苓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhūlíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhūlíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhulíng
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹-ling²
    • Yale: jū-líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juling
    • Palladius: чжулин (čžulin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/

Noun

豬苓

1. Polyporus umbellatus (a medicinal mushroom used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat boils and tumors, and to "induce diuresis and excrete dampness".

See also

• 利湿药 (lìshīyào) ("dampness-eliminating" medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)
• 药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)

References

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