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

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

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/

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