桑寄生

Chinese

		mulberry tree	to live as a parasite; to be parasitic; to live off others to live as a parasite; to be parasitic; to live off others; to live by taking advantage of others
trad. (桑寄生)		桑	寄生
simp. #(桑寄生)		桑	寄生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāngjìshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄤ ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāngjìshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄤ ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sangjìsheng
    • Wade–Giles: sang¹-chi⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: sāng-jì-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sangjihsheng
    • Palladius: санцзишэн (sanczišɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

桑寄生

1. Twig of the mistletoe Viscum album (A hemi-parasitic shrub used as an herb in traditional Chinese medicine.)

References

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