猴棗

See also: 猴枣

Chinese

		monkey	jujube
trad. (猴棗)		猴	棗
simp. (猴枣)		猴	枣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóuzǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˊ ㄗㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóuzǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊ ㄗㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóuzǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hou²-tsao³
    • Yale: hóu-dzǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hourtzao
    • Palladius: хоуцзао (xouczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

猴棗

1. The bezoar, calculus, or gallstone of the monkey. (a highly-valued substance used in traditional Chinese medicine to activate "qi" and to treat symptoms of stroke or coma.)

See also

• 藥材／药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials of traditional Chinese medicine)

References

• 猴棗／猴枣 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.
• http://www.nciku.com/