甜玉竹

Chinese

		sweet	Polygonatum odoratum
simp. and trad. (甜玉竹)		甜	玉竹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiányùzhú

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄩˋ ㄓㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiányùzhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄩˋ ㄓㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyanyiwjwu
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ y⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/

Noun

甜玉竹

root of the Polygonatum macropodium. (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat yin deficiency.)

Synonyms

Hypernyms

补益药 (tonics in Chinese medicine)
药材 (medicinal materials of traditional Chinese medicine)

References

甜玉竹 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.
http://www.trade.gov.bt/administration/mktbriefs/10.pdf
http://www.koreantk.com/en/m_sta/med_stat_search.jsp?searchGbn=statis
http://www1.dict.li/ and http://www.nciku.com/

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