巴豆

Chinese

(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish
(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)
 
bean; sacrificial vessel
simp. and trad.
(巴豆)

Pronunciation


Noun

巴豆

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) purging croton (species)
  2. (Yudu Hakka) broad bean; fava bean (Vicia faba)

Synonyms

References

  • 東方孝義 (TŌHŌ Takayoshi) (1931) “巴豆”, in 臺日新辭書 [New Taiwanese–Japanese dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: 臺灣警察協會, page 697
  • 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “巴豆”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 565
  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “巴豆”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 374.

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō

Grade: 3
kan'on goon

Noun

()() or 巴豆(ハズ) • (hazuはづ (fadu)?

  1. purging croton, Croton tiglium
  2. (traditional Chinese medicine) seeds of Croton tiglium used in medicine

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).