川烏頭

See also: 川乌头

Chinese

		river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)	head of a crow; head with black hair; juniority head of a crow; head with black hair; juniority; youth
trad. (川烏頭)		川	烏頭
simp. (川乌头)		川	乌头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuānwūtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢ ㄨ ㄊㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuānwūtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ ㄨ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuanwutóu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan¹-wu¹-tʻou²
    • Yale: chwān-wū-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuanutour
    • Palladius: чуаньутоу (čuanʹutou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ u⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

川烏頭

1. root of the aconite, wolfsbane, or monkshood. (A root used in traditional Chinese medicine as a heart stimulant.)

See also

• 药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials of traditional Chinese medicine)

References

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