桂枝

Chinese

		Cinnamomum cassia; Guangxi Autonomous Region (abbrev.)	branch; (a measure word)
simp. and trad. (桂枝)		桂	枝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guìzhī

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai³ zi¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kùi-ki

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guìzhī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄓ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guèijhih
  - Wade–Giles: kuei⁴-chih¹
  - Yale: gwèi-jr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueyjy
  - Palladius: гуйчжи (gujčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai³ zi¹
  - Yale: gwai jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei³ ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ t͡siː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi-ki
  - Tâi-lô: kuì-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuie'ky
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹⁻⁴¹ ki⁴⁴/

Noun

桂枝

twig of the cinnamon tree (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine as a "stomach tonic".)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (桂枝):

→ Japanese: 桂(けい)枝(し) (keishi)
→ Korean: 계지(桂枝) (gyeji)

See also

解表藥 / 解表药 (jiěbiǎoyào) ("superfices-syndrome" relieving materia medica in traditional Chinese medicine)
藥材 / 药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)

References

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
桂	枝
けい Jinmeiyō	し Grade: 5
kan'on	on'yomi

Noun

桂(けい)枝(し) • (keishi)

(traditional Chinese medicine) dried young twigs of Cinnamomum cassia twigs
a branch of the 月桂 (gekkei, “laurel tree that grows on the moon”)

See also

桂(ケイ) (kei)