紫河車

See also: 紫河车

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace
trad. (紫河車)		紫	河車
simp. (紫河车)		紫	河车

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǐhéchē

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² ho⁴ ce¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zǐhéchē
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄜ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyherche
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² ho⁴ ce¹
  - Yale: jí hòh chē
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² ho⁴ tse¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² ho⁴ cé¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ hɔː²¹ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

Noun

紫河車

dried human placenta (A substance used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat yang deficiency.)

Related terms

补益药 (tonics in Chinese medicine)
药材 (medicinal materials of traditional Chinese medicine)

References

紫河车 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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