甘遂

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	forthwith
trad. (甘遂)		甘	遂
simp. #(甘遂)		甘	遂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānsuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄙㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gānsuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gansuèi
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-sui⁴
    • Yale: gān-swèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gansuey
    • Palladius: ганьсуй (ganʹsuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

甘遂

1. root of the kansui (Euphorbia kansui) (An herb used externally/topically in traditional Chinese medicine to treat boils and sores.)

See also

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

References

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
甘	遂
かん Grade: S	ずい Grade: S
on'yomi	goon

Noun

甘(かん)遂(ずい) • (kanzui) 

1. (archaic) Synonym of 夏灯台 (natsutōdai, “Siebold's spurge, Euphorbia sieboldiana”)
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) root of Euphorbia sieboldiana used in medicine

Korean

Hanja in this term
甘	遂

Noun

甘遂 • (gamsu) (hangeul 감수)

1. hanja form^? of 감수 (“kansui or the root thereof”)