四物湯

Chinese

		the four traditional Chinese medicine herbs,, Rehmannia, Angelica sinensis and, often stewed with meat to make a Chinese herbal soup,.	soup; hot water
trad. (四物湯)		四物	湯
simp. (四物汤)		四物	汤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìwùtāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄨˋ ㄊㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ mat⁶ tong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sù-bu̍t-thng / sì-bu̍t-thng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìwùtāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄨˋ ㄊㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhwùtang
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-wu⁴-tʻang¹
    • Yale: sz̀-wù-tāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhwuhtang
    • Palladius: сыутан (syutan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ mat⁶ tong¹
    • Yale: sei maht tōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ mat⁹ tong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ med⁶ tong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ mɐt̚² tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-bu̍t-thng
    • Tâi-lô: sù-bu̍t-thng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suo'budt'ngf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ but̚⁴⁻³² tʰŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ but̚⁴⁻³² tʰŋ̍⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-bu̍t-thng
    • Tâi-lô: sì-bu̍t-thng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie'budt'ngf
    • IPA (Philippines): /si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ but̚²⁴⁻² tʰŋ̍³³/

Noun

四物湯

1. a Chinese herbal soup whose ingredients include Paeonia lactiflora (白芍 (báisháo)), Chinese foxgloves (熟地 (shúdì)), dong quai (當歸／当归 (dāngguī)), and chuanxiong rhizome (川芎 (chuānxiōng))

References

• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “bu̍t”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 29; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 29