甘遂

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	forthwith
simp. and trad. (甘遂)		甘	遂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gānsuì

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢㄙㄨㄟˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gānsuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢㄙㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gansuey
  - IPA ^(key): /ka̠n⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

甘遂

root of the Kansui or euphorbia kansui. (An herb used externally/topically in traditional Chinese medicine to treat boils and sores.)

See also

药材 (medicinal materials of traditional Chinese medicine)

References

甘遂 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
http://www1.dict.li/ and http://www.nciku.com/

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