百病草

Chinese

		hundred	ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (百病草)		百	病	草
simp. ^#(百病草)		百	病	草

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pah-pīⁿ-chháu / pek-pīⁿ-chháu

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pah-pīⁿ-chháu
  - Tâi-lô: pah-pīnn-tsháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pahpvixzhao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pĩ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-pīⁿ-chháu
  - Tâi-lô: pik-pīnn-tsháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pekpvixzhao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ pĩ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/

Noun

百病草

(Xiamen Hokkien) Andrographis paniculata, an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat mouth ulcers, and to reduce "heat"

Synonyms

穿心蓮／穿心莲 (chuānxīnlián)
一見喜／一见喜
川心蓮／川心莲
欖心蓮／榄心莲
(Hokkien) 萬病仙草／万病仙草, 苦草

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