天南星

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	south	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (天南星)		天	南	星

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānnánxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄋㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānnánxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄋㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiannanshing
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ na̠n³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

天南星

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

References

天南星 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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