甘草

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Qinghai province (abbrev.)	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
simp. and trad. (甘草)		甘	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāncǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ cou²
• Min Nan (POJ): kam-chhó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
    • Pinyin: gāncǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gantsao
    • IPA ^(key): /ka̠n⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 乾草／干草 甘草

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ cou²
    • Yale: gām chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ tsou²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam-chhó
    • Tâi-lô: kam-tshó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kamzhoir
    • IPA (Taipei): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɤ⁵³/

Noun

甘草

1. root of the Glycyrrhiza uralensis (an adaptogenic herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to improve "qi" energy), liquorice root

Derived terms

• 炙甘草

See also

• 补益药
• 药材 (medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)

References

• 甘草 on the Chinese Wikipedia.zh.Wikipedia
• Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. ISBN 7-5357-1656-3.
• http://www.trade.gov.bt/administration/mktbriefs/10.pdf
• http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcam/2/1/23/_pdf
• http://www.koreantk.com/en/m_sta/med_stat_search.jsp?searchGbn=statis

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
甘	草
かん Grade: S	そう > ぞう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

甘草 ‎(hiragana かんぞう, romaji kanzō)

1. liquorice