紫河車

See also: 紫河车

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace
trad. (紫河車)		紫	河車
simp. (紫河车)		紫	河车

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐhéchē

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² ho⁴ ce¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐhéchē
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhhéche
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-ho²-chʻê¹
    • Yale: dž-hé-chē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyherche
    • Palladius: цзыхэчэ (czyxɛčɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² ho⁴ ce¹
    • Yale: jí hòh chē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² ho⁴ tse¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² ho⁴ cé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ hɔː²¹ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

Noun

紫河車

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) dried human placenta (A substance used to treat yang deficiency.)

Hypernyms

• 補益藥／补益药 (bǔyìyào, “tonics in Chinese medicine”)
• 藥材／药材 (yàocái, “medicinal materials of traditional Chinese medicine”)

References

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