沙參

Chinese

		granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar	ginseng; take part in; participate ginseng; take part in; participate; join; attend; to join; unequal; varied; irregular; to counsel; uneven; not uniform
trad. (沙參/沙蔘)		沙	參/蔘
simp. (沙参)		沙	参

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ sam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sa-sim / sa-som / soa-som

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shashen
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-shên¹
    • Yale: shā-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shashen
    • Palladius: шашэнь (šašɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 殺身 / 杀身 沙參 / 沙参

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa¹ sam¹
    • Yale: sā sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-sim
    • Tâi-lô: sa-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sasym
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sa⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-som
    • Tâi-lô: sa-som
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sasofm
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sa⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔm⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soa-som
    • Tâi-lô: sua-som
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soasofm
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔm⁴⁴/

Noun

沙參

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) root of Glehnia littoralis (coastal glehnia)
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) root of Adenophora tetraphylla (fourleaf ladybell)
3. (traditional Chinese medicine) root of Adenophora stricta (upright ladybell)

Derived terms

• 北沙參 / 北沙参 (běishāshēn)
• 南沙參 / 南沙参 (nánshāshēn)

See also

• 補益藥／补益药 (bǔyìyào)
• 藥材／药材 (yàocái)