紫河車

紫河車

See also: 紫河车

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace
trad. (紫河車)		紫	河車
simp. (紫河车)		紫	河车

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐhéchē

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² ho⁴ ce¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zǐhéchē
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄜ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyherche
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² ho⁴ ce¹
    • Yale: jí hòh chē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² ho⁴ tse¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² ho⁴ cé¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ hɔː²¹ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

Noun

紫河車

1. dried human placenta (A substance used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat yang deficiency.)

Related terms

• 补益药 (tonics in Chinese medicine)
• 药材 (medicinal materials of traditional Chinese medicine)

References

• 紫河车 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
• http://www1.dict.li/ and http://www.nciku.com/