車前子

See also: 车前子

Chinese

		front of the car	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (車前子)		車前	子
simp. (车前子)		车前	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chēqiánzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄜㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ce¹ cin⁴ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chēqiánzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄜㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: checiánzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻê¹-chʻien²-tzŭ³
  - Yale: chē-chyán-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chechyantzyy
  - Palladius: чэцяньцзы (čɛcjanʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ce¹ cin⁴ zi²
  - Yale: chē chìhn jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tse¹ tsin⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cé¹ qin⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

車前子

seed of the Plantago asiatica (a seed used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce "damp-heat" and treat sexual dysfunction)

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 五根草

References

车前子 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
車	前	子
しゃ Grade: 1	ぜん Grade: 2	し Grade: 1
on'yomi	goon	on'yomi

Etymology

車前(しゃぜん) (shazen, “Plantago asiatica”) + 子(し) (shi, “child, fruit, seed”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕa̠zẽ̞ɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

車(しゃ)前(ぜん)子(し) • (shazenshi)

(traditional Chinese medicine) seed of Plantago asiatica used in medicine

See also

大葉子(オオバコ) (ōbako)