北豆根

Chinese

		north	bean; sacrificial vessel	radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (北豆根)		北	豆	根
simp. #(北豆根)		北	豆	根

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běidòugēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˋ ㄍㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běidòugēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˋ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běidòugen
    • Wade–Giles: pei³-tou⁴-kên¹
    • Yale: běi-dòu-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beeidowgen
    • Palladius: бэйдоугэнь (bɛjdougɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ toʊ̯⁵¹ kən⁵⁵/

Noun

北豆根

1. root of the Asiatic moonseed (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to clear heat and eliminate toxics.)

See also

• 清热药 (qīngrèyào) ("heat-clearing" materia medica in traditional Chinese medicine)
• 药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)

References

• 北豆根 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.