川楝子
Chinese
river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.) |
Melia japonica | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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| simp. and trad. (川楝子) |
川 | 楝 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chuānliànzǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄗˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chuanliànzǐh
- Wade–Giles: chʻuan1-lien4-tzŭ3
- Yale: chwān-lyàn-dž
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuanlianntzyy
- Palladius: чуаньляньцзы (čuanʹljanʹczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ li̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
川楝子
- seed of the chinaberry (Melia azedarach) (a herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to "activate qi")
Synonyms
- 苦楝子 (kǔliànzǐ)
References
- 川楝子 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh
- Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.