寒食散

Chinese

		cold food	adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (寒食散)		寒食	散
simp. ^#(寒食散)		寒食	散

Etymology

Refers to eating cold food to counteract hyperthermia caused by the drug.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hánshísǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄕˊ ㄙㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁴ sik⁶ saan²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hánshísǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄕˊ ㄙㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hánshíhsǎn
  - Wade–Giles: han²-shih²-san³
  - Yale: hán-shŕ-sǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnshyrsaan
  - Palladius: ханьшисань (xanʹšisanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ sän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hon⁴ sik⁶ saan²
  - Yale: hòhn sihk sáan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁴ sik⁹ saan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hon⁴ xig⁶ san²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²¹ sɪk̚² saːn³⁵/

Noun

寒食散

cold-food powder (a poisonous psychoactive drug popular in ancient China)

Synonyms

五石散 (wǔshísǎn)