白豆蔻

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	cardamom, especially the round cardamom
trad. (白豆蔻)		白	豆蔻
simp. #(白豆蔻)		白	豆蔻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báidòukòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄉㄡˋ ㄎㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báidòukòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄉㄡˋ ㄎㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báidòukòu
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-tou⁴-kʻou⁴
    • Yale: bái-dòu-kòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairdowkow
    • Palladius: байдоукоу (bajdoukou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

白豆蔻

1. Wurfbainia vera (synonym: Amomum krervanh) and Wurfbainia compacta (synonym: Amomum compactum), the fruits of which are used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat weak digestion

References

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