半夏

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	summer; Xia (proper name)
trad. (半夏)		半	夏
simp. ^#(半夏)		半	夏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bànxià

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ haa⁶
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): poàn-hā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bànxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bànsià
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-hsia⁴
  - Yale: bàn-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannshiah
  - Palladius: банься (banʹsja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ haa⁶
  - Yale: bun hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ ha⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ haː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poàn-hā
  - Tâi-lô: puàn-hā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poarnha
  - IPA (Xiamen): /puan²¹⁻⁵³ ha²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ha⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /puan²¹⁻⁵³ ha²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /puan¹¹⁻⁵³ ha³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /puan²¹⁻⁴¹ ha³³/

Noun

半夏

(traditional Chinese medicine) rhizome of the Pinellia

Synonyms

三步跳 (sānbùtiào) (regional)
三葉半夏／三叶半夏 (sānyèbànxià) (regional)
地慈姑 (dìcígū)
地文 (dìwén) (literary)
地鷓鴣／地鹧鸪 (dìzhègū)
守田 (shǒutián) (literary)
止葉老／止叶老 (zhǐyèlǎo)
無心菜／无心菜 (wúxīncài)
燕子尾 (yànziwěi)
田裡心／田里心 (tiánlǐxīn)
麻芋果 (máyùguǒ) (regional)

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