洋參

Chinese

		ocean; foreign	ginseng; take part in; participate ginseng; take part in; participate; join; attend; to join; unequal; varied; irregular; to counsel; uneven; not uniform
trad. (洋參/洋蔘)		洋	參/蔘
simp. (洋参)		洋	参

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yángshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ sam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iûⁿ-sim / iûⁿ-song / iûⁿ-serm / iûⁿ-som

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángshen
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-shên¹
    • Yale: yáng-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangshen
    • Palladius: яншэнь (janšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ sam¹
    • Yale: yèuhng sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ-sim
    • Tâi-lô: iûnn-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viusym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iũ²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iũ²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ-song
    • Tâi-lô: iûnn-song
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viusofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iũ²⁴⁻²² sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ-serm
    • Tâi-lô: iûnn-serm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iũ²⁴⁻²² səm³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ-som
    • Tâi-lô: iûnn-som
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viusofm
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ²³⁻³³ sɔm⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iũ²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔm⁴⁴/

Noun

洋參

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) 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
Mandarin	Taiwan	西洋參, 花旗參, 粉光參
	Wuhan	洋參
	Singapore	洋參, 泡參
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

See also

• 補益藥／补益药 (bǔyìyào)
• 藥材／药材 (yàocái)