麥門冬

麥門冬

See also: 麦门冬

Chinese

		wheat; barley; oats	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy)	winter
trad. (麥門冬)		麥	門	冬
simp. (麦门冬)		麦	门	冬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màiméndōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄥ

• Min Nan (POJ): be̍h-bûn-tong

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màiméndōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màiméndong
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-mên²-tung¹
    • Yale: mài-mén-dūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maymendong
    • Palladius: маймэньдун (majmɛnʹdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ mən³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍h-bûn-tong
    • Tâi-lô: be̍h-bûn-tong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beqbundofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /be(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bun²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /be(ʔ)²⁴⁻² bun²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /be(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bun¹³⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /be(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ bun²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bun²³⁻³³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

麥門冬

1. the root of the dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus) (an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat "yin" deficiency)

References

• 麥門冬 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• 麥冬 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.