升麻

Chinese

		to raise; to hoist; to promote to raise; to hoist; to promote; pint	(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp (to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp; numb; to bother
trad. (升麻)		升	麻
simp. ^#(升麻)		升	麻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngmá

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄇㄚˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngmá
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄇㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengmá
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-ma²
  - Yale: shēng-má
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengma
  - Palladius: шэнма (šɛnma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mä³⁵/

Noun

升麻

(traditional Chinese medicine) rhizome of Cimicifuga simplex or black cohosh (a herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat symptoms of sore throat.)

References

升麻 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
升	麻
しょう Grade: S	ま Grade: S
on'yomi	kan'on

Noun

升(しょう)麻(ま) • (shōma)

(traditional Chinese medicine) rhizomes of Cimicifuga simplex, used in medicine

Derived terms

晒菜升麻(さらしなしょうま) (sarashina shōma)
鳥足升麻(とりあししょうま) (toriashi shōma)
類葉升麻(るいようしょうま) (ruiyō shōma)