大戟

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	a lance with two points
simp. and trad. (大戟)		大	戟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàjǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàjǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàjǐ
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chi³
  - Yale: dà-jǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjii
  - Palladius: дацзи (daczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

大戟

Peking spurge (Euphorbia pekinensis)
(traditional Chinese medicine) root of Knoxia or of Euphorbia pekinensis. (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to "cool blood".)

Synonyms

蕎

Derived terms

紅芽大戟 / 红芽大戟 (hóngyádàjǐ)

See also

藥材 / 药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials of traditional Chinese medicine)

References

大戟 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.
http://www.nciku.com/

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	戟
だい Grade: 1	げき Jinmeiyō
goon	kan'yōon

Noun

大(だい)戟(げき) • (daigeki)

(traditional Chinese medicine) dried root of Euphorbia lasiocaula

See also

高灯台(たかとうだい) (takatōdai)