人中黃

Chinese

		man; person; people	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	yellow
trad. (人中黃)		人	中	黃
simp. (人中黄)		人	中	黄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénzhōnghuáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénzhōnghuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénjhonghuáng
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-chung¹-huang²
    • Yale: rén-jūng-hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renjonghwang
    • Palladius: жэньчжунхуан (žɛnʹčžunxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/

Noun

人中黃

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) liquorice packed in a bamboo tube which is then soaked in human excrement for quite some time