桂枝
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]Cinnamomum cassia; Guangxi Autonomous Region (abbrev.) | branch; (a measure word) | ||
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simp. and trad. (桂枝) |
桂 | 枝 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄓ
- Tongyong Pinyin: guèijhih
- Wade–Giles: kuei4-chih1
- Yale: gwèi-jr̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueyjy
- Palladius: гуйчжи (gujčži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwai3 zi1
- Yale: gwai jī
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwai3 dzi1
- Guangdong Romanization: guei3 ji1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷɐi̯³³ t͡siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Noun
[edit]桂枝
- twig of the cinnamon tree (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine as a "stomach tonic".)
Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]- 解表藥/解表药 (jiěbiǎoyào) ("superfices-syndrome" relieving materia medica in traditional Chinese medicine)
- 藥材/药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)
References
[edit]- 桂枝 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh
- Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.