烏梢蛇

See also: 乌梢蛇

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	tip of branch	snake; serpent
trad. (烏梢蛇)		烏	梢	蛇
simp. (乌梢蛇)		乌	梢	蛇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūshāoshé

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄕㄠ ㄕㄜˊ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūshāoshé
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄕㄠ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wushaoshé
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-shao¹-shê²
    • Yale: wū-shāu-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ushausher
    • Palladius: ушаошэ (ušaošɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/

Noun

烏梢蛇

1. An Asian species of rat snake, (Ptyas dhumnades)
2. A dried preparation from this snake used in traditional Chinese medicine to eliminate "wind-dampness"

See also

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

References

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