澤瀉

See also: 泽泻

Chinese

		beneficence; marsh	to flow (out) swiftly; diarrhoea
trad. (澤瀉)		澤	瀉
simp. (泽泻)		泽	泻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zéxiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): te̍k-sià
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸zeq-shia

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zéxiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zésiè
    • Wade–Giles: tsê²-hsieh⁴
    • Yale: dzé-syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzershieh
    • Palladius: цзэсе (czɛse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k-sià
    • Tâi-lô: ti̍k-sià
    • Phofsit Daibuun: degsiax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² sia²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪk̚²⁴⁻² sia⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sia²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² sia¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² sia²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸zeq-shia
    • MiniDict: zeh^入 shia
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zeq-xia
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹¹ ɕia²³/

Noun

澤瀉

1. water plantain (Alisma, especially Alisma plantago-aquatica or Alisma orientale)
2. water plantain rhizome (an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine)

Synonyms

• 藚

See also

• 利濕藥 / 利湿药 (lìshīyào) (“dampness-eliminating” medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)
• 藥材 / 药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)

References

• Nigel Wiseman, “English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine”, 1995. →ISBN.