青蒿

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	wormwood
trad. (青蒿)		青	蒿
simp. #(青蒿)		青	蒿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīnghāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄏㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ hou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīnghāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄏㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cinghao
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-hao¹
    • Yale: chīng-hāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinghau
    • Palladius: цинхао (cinxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ hou¹
    • Yale: chīng hōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ hou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ hou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ hou̯⁵⁵/

Noun

青蒿

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) Artemisia annua, especially the dried aboveground parts of the species
2. (erroneous) Artemisia apiacea; Artemisia carvifolia

Usage notes

青蒿 commonly refers to Artemisia annua, from which the anti-malarial compound artemisinin was extracted.

The definition of Artemisia apiacea stems from editions of Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China prior to 1977, which erroneously assigned the binomial name A. apiacea to the name 青蒿, based on the supposed distinction between it and 黃花蒿. This has been rectified in the 2010 edition of the Pharmacopoeia, which explains that 青蒿 is the “dried aboveground parts” of 黃花蒿. Many publications have attempted to clarify the confusion, including the article “Research on the true species of the traditional Chinese herb qinghao” (1987), written by the pharmaceutical chemist Tu Youyou who discovered artemisinin.

Synonyms

• (Artemisia annua) 黃花蒿／黄花蒿 (huánghuāhāo)
• (Artemisia annua) 菣／𬜤 (qìn)

Derived terms

• 青蒿素 (qīnghāosù)