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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: běncǎo [Phonetic: béncǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beentsao
  - IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun² cou²
  - Yale: bún chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun² tsou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun² cou²
  - IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

Noun

本草

(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

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