澤瀉

See also: 泽泻

Chinese

		beneficence; marsh	to flow (out) swiftly; diarrhoea
trad. (澤瀉)		澤	瀉
simp. (泽泻)		泽	泻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zéxiè

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): te̍k-sià
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸zeq-shia

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zéxiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zésiè
  - Wade–Giles: tsê²-hsieh⁴
  - Yale: dzé-syè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzershieh
  - Palladius: цзэсе (czɛse)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k-sià
  - Tâi-lô: ti̍k-sià
  - Phofsit Daibuun: degsiax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² sia²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪk̚²⁴⁻² sia⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sia²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² sia¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² sia²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸zeq-shia
  - MiniDict: zeh^入 shia
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zeq-xia
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹¹ ɕia²³/

Noun

澤瀉

water plantain (Alisma, especially Alisma plantago-aquatica or Alisma orientale)
water plantain rhizome (an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine)

Synonyms

藚

See also

利濕藥 / 利湿药 (lìshīyào) (“dampness-eliminating” medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)
藥材 / 药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)

References

Nigel Wiseman, “English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine”, 1995. →ISBN.