四物

Chinese

		four	thing; object; matter
simp. and trad. (四物)		四	物

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sù-bu̍t / sìr-bu̍t / sì-bu̍t

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-bu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: sù-bu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suo'but
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹⁻⁵³ but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ but̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Quanzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr-bu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: sìr-bu̍t
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ but̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-bu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: sì-bu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie'but
    • IPA (Philippines): /si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ but̚²⁴/

Noun

四物

1. (Hokkien) the four traditional Chinese medicine herbs, Paeonia lactiflora (白芍), Rehmannia (熟地), Angelica sinensis (當歸／当归), and Ligusticum striatum (川芎), often stewed with meat to make a Chinese herbal soup, 四物湯／四物汤 (sù-bu̍t-thng / sì-bu̍t-thng).

Derived terms

• 四物湯／四物汤