本草

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (本草)		本	草
simp. #(本草)		本	草
anagram		草本

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běncǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² cou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běncǎo [Phonetic: béncǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běncǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-tsʻao³
    • Yale: běn-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beentsao
    • Palladius: бэньцао (bɛnʹcao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² cou²
    • Yale: bún chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

Noun

本草

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) materia medica

Synonyms

• 藥典／药典 (yàodiǎn)

Derived terms

• 本草綱目／本草纲目 (Běncǎo Gāngmù)

 

References

• Materia medica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 本草 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

• Lu Xun (1918) A Madman's Diary