玄參

Chinese

		black; mysterious	ginseng; take part in; participate ginseng; take part in; participate; join; attend; to join; unequal; varied; irregular; to counsel; uneven; not uniform
trad. (玄參/玄蔘)		玄	參/蔘
simp. (玄参)		玄	参
alternative forms		玄薓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuánshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ sam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-sim / hiân-som

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuánshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuánshen
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²-shên¹
    • Yale: sywán-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanshen
    • Palladius: сюаньшэнь (sjuanʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ sam¹
    • Yale: yùhn sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-sim / hiân-som
    • Tâi-lô: guân-sim / hiân-som
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goansym, hiensofm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/, /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² sɔm⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² sim³³/, /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² sɔm³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴/, /hiɛn¹³⁻²² sɔm⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/, /hiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔm⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/, /hiɛn²³⁻³³ sɔm⁴⁴/

Noun

玄參

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) root of the figwort or Scrophularia

Synonyms

• 元參／元参

Derived terms

• 黑玄參／黑玄参