馬先蒿

Chinese

		horse; surname	phonetic	wormwood
trad. (馬先蒿)		馬	先	蒿
simp. (马先蒿)		马	先	蒿

Etymology

According to Bencao Gangmu, the plant is so named because its smell is akin to that of the horse dung (馬矢). The second character 先 is a corruption of 矢.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎxiānhāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄏㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎxiānhāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄏㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎsianhao
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-hsien¹-hao¹
    • Yale: mǎ-syān-hāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maashianhau
    • Palladius: масяньхао (masjanʹxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Noun

馬先蒿

1. whorled lousewort (Pedicularis verticillata)