"甘草" meaning in Chinese

See 甘草 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kän⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kam²⁴ t͡sʰo³¹/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /kaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^((t͡sʰ-))ʒo³³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /kam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /kam³³ t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /kam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰo⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kän⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/, /kam²⁴ t͡sʰo³¹/, /kaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^((t͡sʰ-))ʒo³³/, /kam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁵³/, /kam³³ t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴/, /kam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁵³/, /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰo⁵³/, /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/ Chinese transliterations: gāncǎo [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄍㄢ ㄘㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], gam¹ cou² [Cantonese, Jyutping], kâm-chhó [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], găng-chō̤, kam-chhó, gāncǎo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄍㄢ ㄘㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], gancǎo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], kan¹-tsʻao³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], gān-tsǎu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], gantsao [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], ганьцао [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], ganʹcao [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], gām chóu [Cantonese, Yale], gam¹ tsou² [Cantonese, Pinyin], gem¹ cou² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], kâm-chhó [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], gam^ˊ co^ˋ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], gam¹ co³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], găng-chō̤ [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], kam-chhó [Hokkien, POJ], kam-tshó [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kamzhoir [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 甘草
  1. licorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis, whose root often used in traditional Chinese medicine to improve qi) Categories (topical): Film, Spices and herbs Categories (lifeform): Legumes
    Sense id: en-甘草-zh-noun-rZ1FM9-z Disambiguation of Film: 84 16 Disambiguation of Spices and herbs: 95 5 Disambiguation of Legumes: 91 9 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 71 9 4 4 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 6 3 3 8
  2. (figurative) supporting character; minor character Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-甘草-zh-noun-L0S3k5lR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 炙甘草 (zhìgāncǎo), 甘草糖 (gāncǎotáng) Related terms: 補益藥 (bǔyìyào), 补益药 (bǔyìyào), 藥材 (yàocái), 药材 (yàocái)
Synonyms: 國老 (guólǎo), 国老 (guólǎo), Taiwan, Luoyang, Yinchuan, Hong Kong, Nanchang, Lichuan, Yudu, Miaoli (alt: N. Sixian), Pingtung (alt: Neipu; S. Sixian), Hsinchu County [Hailu, Zhudong], Taichung [Dabu, Dongshi], Hsinchu County [Qionglin, Raoping], Yunlin [Lunbei, Zhao'an], Taiyuan, 甜根草, 甜草根兒, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Nanning [Tingzi], Suzhou, Danyang, Loudi

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zhìgāncǎo",
      "word": "炙甘草"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gāncǎotáng",
      "word": "甘草糖"
    }
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
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          "args": {
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            "gloss": ""
          },
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          "name": "ja-r"
        },
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            "2": "감초(甘草)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
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            "id3": "",
            "id4": "",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 감초(甘草) (gamcho)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "cam thảo",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "甘草",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "甘草"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: cam thảo (甘草)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
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          "args": {
            "1": "甘草",
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            "6": "",
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            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
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            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "甘草",
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            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
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        },
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "za",
            "2": "gamcauj",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Zhuang: gamcauj",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Zhuang: gamcauj"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "甘草",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bǔyìyào",
      "word": "補益藥"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bǔyìyào",
      "word": "补益药"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yàocái",
      "word": "藥材"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yàocái",
      "word": "药材"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 9 4 4 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 6 3 3 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Film",
          "orig": "zh:Film",
          "parents": [
            "Entertainment",
            "Mass media",
            "Culture",
            "Media",
            "Society",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Spices and herbs",
          "orig": "zh:Spices and herbs",
          "parents": [
            "Foods",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
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          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Legumes",
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          "parents": [
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            "Shrubs",
            "Trees",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
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            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "licorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis, whose root often used in traditional Chinese medicine to improve qi)"
      ],
      "id": "en-甘草-zh-noun-rZ1FM9-z",
      "links": [
        [
          "licorice",
          "licorice"
        ],
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          "Wikispecies:Glycyrrhiza uralensis"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "supporting actor/actress, especially an experienced one",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "gāncǎo yǎnyuán",
          "text": "甘草演員",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "supporting actor/actress, especially an experienced one",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "gāncǎo yǎnyuán",
          "text": "甘草演员",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "supporting character; minor character"
      ],
      "id": "en-甘草-zh-noun-L0S3k5lR",
      "links": [
        [
          "supporting",
          "supporting"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "minor",
          "minor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) supporting character; minor character"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gāncǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄢ ㄘㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gam¹ cou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kâm-chhó"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "găng-chō̤"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kam-chhó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gāncǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄢ ㄘㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gancǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kan¹-tsʻao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gān-tsǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gantsao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ганьцао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ganʹcao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kän⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gām chóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gam¹ tsou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gem¹ cou²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kâm-chhó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gam^ˊ co^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gam¹ co³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam²⁴ t͡sʰo³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "găng-chō̤"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^((t͡sʰ-))ʒo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam-chhó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam-tshó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kamzhoir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam³³ t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kän⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam²⁴ t͡sʰo³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^((t͡sʰ-))ʒo³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam³³ t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰo⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "guólǎo",
      "word": "國老"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "guólǎo",
      "word": "国老"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Taiwan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Luoyang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Yinchuan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Hong Kong"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Nanchang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Lichuan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Yudu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "N. Sixian",
      "word": "Miaoli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "Neipu; S. Sixian",
      "word": "Pingtung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "word": "Hsinchu County"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Dabu",
        "Dongshi"
      ],
      "word": "Taichung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
      ],
      "word": "Hsinchu County"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Lunbei",
        "Zhao'an"
      ],
      "word": "Yunlin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Taiyuan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "甜根草"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "甜草根兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Xiamen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Quanzhou"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Zhangzhou"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Tingzi"
      ],
      "word": "Nanning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Suzhou"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Danyang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Loudi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "甘草"
}
{
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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 甘",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 草",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zh:Film",
    "zh:Legumes",
    "zh:Spices and herbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "zhìgāncǎo",
      "word": "炙甘草"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gāncǎotáng",
      "word": "甘草糖"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "甘草"
          },
          "expansion": "甘草",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "甘草",
            "2": "かんぞう",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "甘草(かんぞう) (kanzō)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "감초(甘草)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "甘草",
            "id2": "",
            "id3": "",
            "id4": "",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 감초(甘草) (gamcho)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "cam thảo",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "甘草",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "甘草"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: cam thảo (甘草)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "甘草",
            "2": "かんぞう",
            "3": "감초",
            "4": "cam thảo",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "甘草",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "甘草",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "甘草",
            "v": "甘草",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (甘草):\n* → Japanese: 甘草(かんぞう) (kanzō)\n* → Korean: 감초(甘草) (gamcho)\n* → Vietnamese: cam thảo (甘草)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "かんぞう",
            "3": "감초",
            "4": "cam thảo"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (甘草):\n* → Japanese: 甘草(かんぞう) (kanzō)\n* → Korean: 감초(甘草) (gamcho)\n* → Vietnamese: cam thảo (甘草)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (甘草):\n* → Japanese: 甘草(かんぞう) (kanzō)\n* → Korean: 감초(甘草) (gamcho)\n* → Vietnamese: cam thảo (甘草)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "za",
            "2": "gamcauj",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Zhuang: gamcauj",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Zhuang: gamcauj"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "甘草",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "bǔyìyào",
      "word": "補益藥"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔyìyào",
      "word": "补益药"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yàocái",
      "word": "藥材"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yàocái",
      "word": "药材"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "licorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis, whose root often used in traditional Chinese medicine to improve qi)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "licorice",
          "licorice"
        ],
        [
          "Glycyrrhiza uralensis",
          "Wikispecies:Glycyrrhiza uralensis"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "supporting actor/actress, especially an experienced one",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "gāncǎo yǎnyuán",
          "text": "甘草演員",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "supporting actor/actress, especially an experienced one",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "gāncǎo yǎnyuán",
          "text": "甘草演员",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "supporting character; minor character"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "supporting",
          "supporting"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "minor",
          "minor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) supporting character; minor character"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gāncǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄢ ㄘㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gam¹ cou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kâm-chhó"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "găng-chō̤"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kam-chhó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gāncǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄢ ㄘㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gancǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kan¹-tsʻao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gān-tsǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gantsao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ганьцао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ganʹcao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kän⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gām chóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gam¹ tsou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gem¹ cou²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kâm-chhó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gam^ˊ co^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gam¹ co³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam²⁴ t͡sʰo³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "găng-chō̤"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^((t͡sʰ-))ʒo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam-chhó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam-tshó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kamzhoir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam³³ t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kän⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam²⁴ t͡sʰo³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^((t͡sʰ-))ʒo³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam³³ t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰo⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "guólǎo",
      "word": "國老"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guólǎo",
      "word": "国老"
    },
    {
      "word": "Taiwan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Luoyang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Yinchuan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hong Kong"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nanchang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lichuan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Yudu"
    },
    {
      "alt": "N. Sixian",
      "word": "Miaoli"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Neipu; S. Sixian",
      "word": "Pingtung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "word": "Hsinchu County"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Dabu",
        "Dongshi"
      ],
      "word": "Taichung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
      ],
      "word": "Hsinchu County"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Lunbei",
        "Zhao'an"
      ],
      "word": "Yunlin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Taiyuan"
    },
    {
      "word": "甜根草"
    },
    {
      "word": "甜草根兒"
    },
    {
      "word": "Xiamen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Quanzhou"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zhangzhou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Tingzi"
      ],
      "word": "Nanning"
    },
    {
      "word": "Suzhou"
    },
    {
      "word": "Danyang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Loudi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "甘草"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 甘草 meaning in Chinese (7.2kB)

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