半夏

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	summer; Xia (proper name)
trad. (半夏)		半	夏
simp. #(半夏)		半	夏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ haa⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): poàn-hā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànsià
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-hsia⁴
    • Yale: bàn-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannshiah
    • Palladius: банься (banʹsja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ haa⁶
    • Yale: bun hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ haː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poàn-hā
    • Tâi-lô: puàn-hā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poarnha
    • IPA (Xiamen): /puan²¹⁻⁵³ ha²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ha⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puan²¹⁻⁵³ ha²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /puan¹¹⁻⁵³ ha³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /puan²¹⁻⁴¹ ha³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 半夏

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) rhizome of the Pinellia

Synonyms

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• 三步跳 (sānbùtiào) (regional)
• 三葉半夏／三叶半夏 (sānyèbànxià) (regional)
• 地慈姑 (dìcígū)
• 地文 (dìwén) (literary)
• 地鷓鴣／地鹧鸪 (dìzhègū)
• 守田 (shǒutián) (literary)
• 止葉老／止叶老 (zhǐyèlǎo)
• 無心菜／无心菜 (wúxīncài)
• 燕子尾 (yànziwěi)
• 田裡心／田里心 (tiánlǐxīn)
• 麻芋果 (máyùguǒ) (regional)