莨菪

Chinese

		Scopalia japonica maxin
trad. (莨菪)		莨	菪
simp. ^#(莨菪)		莨	菪
alternative forms		莨𦳝／莨𰰢莨蓎莨𦿆莨蕩／莨荡蒗蓎莨𦳝／莨𰰢莨蓎莨𦿆莨蕩／莨荡蒗蓎蒗蕩／蒗荡䕞薚䕞𦿆

Etymology

Perhaps transcription of a foreign term; compare Tibetan ལང་ཐང་རྩེ (lang thang rtse, “Hyoscyamus niger”).

In what is possibly a folk etymology, herbalist Li Shizhen explained the name as:

其子服之，令人狂狼放宕，故名。 [Literary Chinese, trad. and simp.]

From: The Compendium of Materia Medica [Bencao Gangmu], by Li Shizhen, 1578 CE

Qí zǐ fú zhī, lìng rén kuángláng fàngdàng, gù míng. [Pinyin]

Its seeds, when ingested, will make one deranged (kuanglang) and unrestrained (fangdang), hence the name.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): làngdàng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˋ ㄉㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁶ dong⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: làngdàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˋ ㄉㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: làngdàng
  - Wade–Giles: lang⁴-tang⁴
  - Yale: làng-dàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanqdanq
  - Palladius: ландан (landan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    浪蕩 / 浪荡
    莨菪
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: long⁶ dong⁶
  - Yale: lohng dohng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: long⁶ dong⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: long⁶ dong⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²² tɔːŋ²²/
  - Homophones:
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    浪蕩 / 浪荡
    莨菪

Noun

莨菪

black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger)

Synonyms

天仙子 (tiānxiānzǐ)

Derived terms

山莨菪 (shānlàngdàng)
山莨菪鹼 / 山莨菪碱
東莨菪 / 东莨菪
東莨菪鹼 / 东莨菪碱 (dōnglàngdàngjiǎn)
莨菪子
莨菪烷
莨菪鹼 / 莨菪碱