牛膝

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	knee
trad. (牛膝)		牛	膝
simp. ^#(牛膝)		牛	膝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niúxī

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): giû-chhek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niúxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nióusi
  - Wade–Giles: niu²-hsi¹
  - Yale: nyóu-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioushi
  - Palladius: нюси (njusi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giû-chhek
  - Tâi-lô: giû-tshik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giuzheg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɪk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiu¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡiu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/

Noun

牛膝

Root of a chaff flower (Achyranthes spp.) (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine.)

Compounds

牛膝菊 (niúxījú)

References

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
牛	膝
ご Grade: 2	しつ > じつ Grade: S
kan'yōon	kan'on

Noun

牛(ご)膝(じつ) • (gojitsu)

synonym of 猪の子槌 (inokozuchi, “Achyranthes japonica”)
(traditional Chinese medicine) dried root of Achyranthes japonica used as medicine