川貝
Chinese
river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.) |
cowries; shell; valuables cowries; shell; valuables; shellfish | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (川貝) | 川 | 貝 | |
| simp. (川贝) | 川 | 贝 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chuānbèi
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ ㄅㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chuanbèi
- Wade–Giles: chʻuan1-pei4
- Yale: chwān-bèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuanbey
- Palladius: чуаньбэй (čuanʹbɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cyun1 bui3
- Yale: chyūn bui
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn1 bui3
- Guangdong Romanization: qun1 bui3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ puːi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
川貝
- (traditional Chinese medicine) synonym of 川貝母 / 川贝母 (chuānbèimǔ, “bulb of the Sichuan fritillary (Fritillaria sichuanica), used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce phlegm”)