細辛

See also: 细辛

Chinese

		fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	8th heavenly stem; tired
trad. (細辛)		細	辛
simp. (细辛)		细	辛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-sin / sòe-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìsin
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-hsin¹
    • Yale: syì-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihshin
    • Palladius: сисинь (sisinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 細心 / 细心 細辛 / 细辛

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-sin / sòe-sin
    • Tâi-lô: sè-sin / suè-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seasyn, soeasyn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/, /sue²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sin³³/, /sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sin³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /se²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/, /sue²¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/, /sue¹¹⁻⁵³ sin⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ sin⁴⁴/, /sue²¹⁻⁴¹ sin⁴⁴/

Noun

細辛

1. Asarum sieboldii or wild ginger (an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine externally to treat mouth ulcers, and internally as an anti-biotic, anaesthetic, anti-histamine, and to treat deafness)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
細	辛
さい Grade: 2	しん Grade: S
goon	on'yomi

Noun

細(さい)辛(しん) • (saishin) 

1. synonym of 薄葉細辛 (usuba saishin, “Asarum sieboldii, a species of wild ginger”)
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) rhizome of Asarum sieboldii used in medicine

Derived terms

• 薄葉細辛(ウスバサイシン) (usuba saishin)
• 尾長細辛(オナガサイシン) (onaga saishin)