仙茅

Chinese

		immortal	thatch
trad. (仙茅)		仙	茅
simp. ^#(仙茅)		仙	茅

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānmáo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄇㄠˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānmáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄇㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianmáo
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-mao²
  - Yale: syān-máu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianmau
  - Palladius: сяньмао (sjanʹmao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

仙茅

rhizome of the curculigo (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat yang deficiency.)

Related terms

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

References

仙茅 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.
http://www.nciku.com/

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