五辛

Chinese

		five	pungent
simp. and trad. (五辛)		五	辛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ san¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǔxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǔsin
  - Wade–Giles: wu³-hsin¹
  - Yale: wǔ-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuushin
  - Palladius: усинь (usinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁵ san¹
  - Yale: ńgh sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ sɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

五辛

(Buddhism) "five pungent roots" (five forbidden vegetables in Buddhist cuisine). Includes garlic and asafoetida; the other three are among Allium victorialis, Allium chinense, Allium fistulosum, Allium macrostemon and Allium tuberosum, according to various sources.

Synonyms

五葷／五荤 (wǔhūn)

Derived terms

五辛素

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (五辛):

→ Japanese: 五(ご)辛(しん) (goshin)
→ Korean: 오신(五辛) (osin)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “五辛” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].