硇砂

Chinese

		phonetic	sand; gravel; granule
simp. and trad. (硇砂)		硇	砂
alternative forms		硇沙 碙砂／𥐻砂 𥐻砂 䃩砂 𠬦沙 硇沙 碙砂／𥐻砂 𥐻砂 䃩砂 𠬦沙 𥐼砂 𥐼沙 𣲿沙 𣳦沙 𥑪砂 𥓁沙 𥑚沙

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Persian نشادر (nošâdor, nošâder, “sal ammoniac”); compare also Arabic نُشادِر (nušādir), نُوشادِر (nūšādir), Uyghur نۆشۈدۈر (nöshüdür), Russian нашаты́рь (našatýrʹ), Sanskrit नवसार (navasāra), नवसादर (navasādara).

In the Compendium of Materia Medica, botanist Li Shizhen erroneously explained the 硇 (náo) as equivalent to 惱 (nǎo, “annoyed”), in the sense that the substance would supposedly cause one to be mentally “perturbed” (硇亂) when ingested.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): náoshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˊ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naau⁴ saa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: náoshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˊ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: náosha
    • Wade–Giles: nao²-sha¹
    • Yale: náu-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nausha
    • Palladius: наоша (naoša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naau⁴ saa¹
    • Yale: nàauh sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naau⁴ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nao⁴ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːu̯²¹ saː⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 硇砂

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) sal ammoniac

Synonyms

• 磠砂／硵砂 (lǔshā)