狗脊

Chinese

		dog	spine; back; ridge
trad. (狗脊)		狗	脊
simp. #(狗脊)		狗	脊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒujǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄐㄧˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káu-chek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒujǐ [Phonetic: góujǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒujǐ
    • Wade–Giles: kou³-chi³
    • Yale: gǒu-jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gooujii
    • Palladius: гоуцзи (gouczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu-chek
    • Tâi-lô: káu-tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kawzeg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɪk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪk̚³²/

Noun

狗脊

1. rhizome of the tree fern Cibotium (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine.)

See also

• 补益药 (bǔyìyào)
• 药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)

References

• 狗脊 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
狗	脊
ぜんまい
Hyōgai	Grade: S
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 狗脊 – see the following entry.

【薇ぜんまい】H [noun] [from 1709] Japanese flowering fern (Osmunda japonica), of which the young fiddleheads are edible Alternative spellings 紫萁, ゼンマイ

(This term, 狗脊, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)