半夏

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	summer; Xia (proper name)
trad. (半夏)		半	夏
simp. ^#(半夏)		半	夏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bànxià

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ haa⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): poàn-hā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bànxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bànsià
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-hsia⁴
  - Yale: bàn-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannshiah
  - Palladius: банься (banʹsja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ haa⁶
  - Yale: bun hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ ha⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ haː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poàn-hā
  - Tâi-lô: puàn-hā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poarnha
  - IPA (Xiamen): /puan²¹⁻⁵³ ha²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ha⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /puan²¹⁻⁵³ ha²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /puan¹¹⁻⁵³ ha³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /puan²¹⁻⁴¹ ha³³/

Noun

半夏

(traditional Chinese medicine) rhizome of the Pinellia

Synonyms

三步跳 (sānbùtiào) (regional)
三葉半夏 / 三叶半夏 (sānyèbànxià) (regional)
地慈姑 (dìcígū)
地文 (dìwén) (literary)
地鷓鴣 / 地鹧鸪 (dìzhègū)
守田 (shǒutián) (literary)
止葉老 / 止叶老 (zhǐyèlǎo)
無心菜 / 无心菜 (wúxīncài)
燕子尾 (yànziwěi)
田裡心 / 田里心 (tiánlǐxīn)
麻芋果 (máyùguǒ) (regional)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
半	夏
はん Grade: 2	げ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

半(はん)夏(げ) • (hange)

clipping of 半夏生 (hangeshou, “the 11th day after the summer solstice and end of the rice planting season”)
alternate name of Pinellia ternata
Synonyms: 地文 (chibun), 烏柄杓 (karasubishaku)
(traditional Chinese medicine) rhizomes of Pinellia ternata used in medicine
(Buddhism) the 45th day of the 90 day summer retreat
See also: 夏安居 (keango)