天南星

天南星

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	south	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (天南星)		天	南	星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānnánxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄋㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiānnánxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄋㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiannanshing
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ nän³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

天南星

1. Rhizome of the Arisaema (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine.)

References

• 天南星 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.
• http://www.trade.gov.bt/administration/mktbriefs/10.pdf
• http://www.koreantk.com/en/m_sta/med_stat_search.jsp?searchGbn=statis