牛膝

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	knee
trad. (牛膝)		牛	膝
simp. ^#(牛膝)		牛	膝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niúxī

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): giû-chhek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niúxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nióusi
  - Wade–Giles: niu²-hsi¹
  - Yale: nyóu-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioushi
  - Palladius: нюси (njusi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giû-chhek
  - Tâi-lô: giû-tshik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giuzheg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiu²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiu²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiɪk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiu¹³⁻²² t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡiu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiu²³⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²/

Noun

牛膝

Root of a chaff flower (Achyranthes spp.) (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine.)

References

牛膝 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.

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