海竹

Chinese

		ocean; sea	bamboo
simp. and trad. (海竹)		海	竹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎizhú

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄓㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎizhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄓㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎijhú
  - Wade–Giles: hai³-chu²
  - Yale: hǎi-jú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haejwu
  - Palladius: хайчжу (xajčžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/

Noun

海竹

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

Synonyms

海玉竹 (hǎiyùzhú)
甜玉竹 (tiányùzhú)

Hypernyms

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

References

海竹 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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