半夏

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	summer; Xia (proper name)
simp. and trad. (半夏)		半	夏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bànxià

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ haa⁶
Min Nan (POJ): poàn-hā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bànxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannshiah
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠n⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯a̠⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ haa⁶
  - Yale: bun hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ ha⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ hɑː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poàn-hā
  - Tâi-lô: puàn-hā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poarnha
  - IPA (Xiamen): /puan²¹⁻⁵³ ha²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ha⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /puan²¹⁻⁵³ ha²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /puan¹¹⁻⁵³ ha³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /puan²¹⁻⁴¹ ha³³/

Noun

半夏

Rhizome of the Pinellia (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine.)

References

半夏 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.
http://www.trade.gov.bt/administration/mktbriefs/10.pdf
http://www.koreantk.com/en/m_sta/med_stat_search.jsp?searchGbn=statis

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