前胡

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	barbarian; recklessly; surname
trad. (前胡)		前	胡
simp. #(前胡)		前	胡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánhú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-hu²
    • Yale: chyán-hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanhwu
    • Palladius: цяньху (cjanʹxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ xu³⁵/

Noun

前胡

1. Root of Peucedanum (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine.)

References

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