豬苓

See also: 猪苓

Chinese

		hog; pig; swine	fungus; tuber
trad. (豬苓)		豬	苓
simp. (猪苓)		猪	苓

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhūlíng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄌㄧㄥˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhūlíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄌㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhulíng
  - Wade–Giles: chu¹-ling²
  - Yale: jū-líng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juling
  - Palladius: чжулин (čžulin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/

Noun

豬苓

Polyporus umbellatus (a medicinal mushroom used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat boils and tumors, and to "induce diuresis and excrete dampness".

See also

利湿药 (lìshīyào) ("dampness-eliminating" medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)
药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)

References

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

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