cung1茺
Jyutpingcung1
Yalechūng
Definition
Motherwort; a medicinal herb.
colloquialfoodhealth
How it's used
Refers specifically to the dried herb used in traditional Chinese medicine, often associated with women's health. It is almost exclusively encountered in the context of herbal shops or home-cooked medicinal soups. The character itself is rarely used in isolation outside of these specific herbal contexts.
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baau1包bāuExamples
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