桂枝
Chinese
Cinnamomum cassia; Guangxi Autonomous Region (abbrev.) | branch; (a measure word) | ||
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simp. and trad. (桂枝) |
桂 | 枝 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄓ
- Tongyong Pinyin: guèijhih
- Wade–Giles: kuei4-chih1
- Yale: gwèi-jr̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueyjy
- Palladius: гуйчжи (gujčži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Southern Min
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 桂枝
- twig of the cinnamon tree (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine as a "stomach tonic".)
See also
- 解表药 (jiěbiǎoyào) ("superfices-syndrome" relieving materia medica in traditional Chinese medicine)
- 药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)
References
桂枝 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh
- Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.