牛膝

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	knee
trad. (牛膝)		牛	膝
simp. #(牛膝)		牛	膝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niúxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): giû-chhek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióusi
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-hsi¹
    • Yale: nyóu-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioushi
    • Palladius: нюси (njusi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giû-chhek
    • Tâi-lô: giû-tshik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giuzheg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɪk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiu¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/

Noun

牛膝

1. Root of a chaff flower (Achyranthes spp.) (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine.)

Compounds

• 牛膝菊 (niúxījú)

 

References

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
牛	膝
ご Grade: 2	しつ > じつ Grade: S
kan'yōon	kan'on

Noun

牛(ご)膝(じつ) • (gojitsu) 

1. Synonym of 猪の子槌 (inokozuchi, “Achyranthes japonica”)
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) dried root of Achyranthes japonica used as medicine