益母草

Chinese

		motherwort	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (益母草)		益母	草
simp. ^#(益母草)		益母	草

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìmǔcǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄇㄨˇ ㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jik¹ mou⁵ cou²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ah-bú-chháu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìmǔcǎo [Phonetic: yìmúcǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄇㄨˇ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìmǔcǎo
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-mu³-tsʻao³
  - Yale: yì-mǔ-tsǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihmuutsao
  - Palladius: имуцао (imucao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jik¹ mou⁵ cou²
  - Yale: yīk móuh chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁷ mou⁵ tsou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yig¹ mou⁵ cou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚⁵ mou̯¹³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah-bú-chháu
  - Tâi-lô: ah-bú-tsháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ahbwzhao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a(ʔ)⁵ bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

益母草

Chinese motherwort (Leonurus japonicus, syn. Leonurus artemisia)
(～屬) motherwort (Leonurus, a genus of flowering plant that is used in traditional Chinese medicine)

Synonyms

茺蔚 (chōngwèi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
益	母	草
やく Grade: 5	も Grade: 2	そう Grade: 1
goon		on'yomi

Noun

益(やく)母(も)草(そう) or 益母草(ヤクモソウ) • (yakumosō)

synonym of 目弾 (mehajiki, “oriental motherwort, Leonurus japonicus”)
(traditional Chinese medicine) dried Leonurus japonicus used in medicine

See also

茺蔚子(じゅういし) (jūishi)