玉竹

Chinese

		jade	bamboo
simp. and trad. (玉竹)		玉	竹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùzhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ zuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùzhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùjhú
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-chu²
    • Yale: yù-jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhjwu
    • Palladius: юйчжу (jujčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ zuk¹
    • Yale: yuhk jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² t͡sʊk̚⁵/

Noun

玉竹

1. Polygonatum odoratum (a species of flowering plant used as a medicinal herb in traditional Chinese medicine)

Synonyms

• 萎蕤 (wěiruí)
• 葳蕤 (wēiruí)

Hypernyms

• 補益藥／补益药 (bǔyìyào)
• 藥材／药材 (yàocái)

Derived terms

• 海玉竹 (hǎiyùzhú)
• 甜玉竹 (tiányùzhú)