白蘞

See also: 白蔹

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
trad. (白蘞)		白	蘞
simp. (白蔹)		白	蔹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báiliǎn, bóliàn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇ, ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄢˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báiliǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báiliǎn
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-lien³
  - Yale: bái-lyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairlean
  - Palladius: байлянь (bajljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bóliàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bóliàn
  - Wade–Giles: po²-lien⁴
  - Yale: bwó-lyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borliann
  - Palladius: болянь (boljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ li̯ɛn⁵¹/

Noun

白蘞

root of the Japanese Ampelopsis serianifolia, now Ampelopsis japonica (an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to "clear heat and toxics")

See also

清熱藥／清热药 (qīngrèyào, “"heat-clearing" medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine”)
藥材／药材 (yàocái, “medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine”)

References

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	蘞
びゃく Grade: 1	れん Hyōgai
goon	on'yomi

Noun

白(びゃく)蘞(れん) • (byakuren)

synonym of 鏡草 (kagamigusa, “Ampelopsis japonica”)
(traditional Chinese medicine) roots of Ampelopsis japonica used in medicine