益母草

Chinese

		motherwort	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (益母草)		益母	草
simp. #(益母草)		益母	草

益母草 (1).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìmǔcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄇㄨˇ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik¹ mou⁵ cou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ah-bú-chháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìmǔcǎo [Phonetic: yìmúcǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄇㄨˇ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìmǔcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-mu³-tsʻao³
    • Yale: yì-mǔ-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihmuutsao
    • Palladius: имуцао (imucao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik¹ mou⁵ cou²
    • Yale: yīk móuh chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁷ mou⁵ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig¹ mou⁵ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚⁵ mou̯¹³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah-bú-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: ah-bú-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ahbwzhao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a(ʔ)⁵ bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

益母草

1. Chinese motherwort (Leonurus japonicus, syn. Leonurus artemisia)
2. (～屬) motherwort (Leonurus, a genus of flowering plant that is used in traditional Chinese medicine)

Synonyms

• 茺蔚 (chōngwèi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
益	母	草
やく Grade: 5	も Grade: 2	そう Grade: 1
goon		on'yomi

Noun

益(やく)母(も)草(そう) or 益母草(ヤクモソウ) • (yakumosō) 

1. Synonym of 目弾 (mehajiki, “oriental motherwort, Leonurus japonicus”)
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) dried Leonurus japonicus used in medicine

See also

• 茺蔚子(じゅういし) (jūishi)