三七

Chinese

		three	seven
trad. (三七)		三	七
simp. #(三七)		三	七

Etymology

From 三 (sān, “three”) + 七 (qī, “seven”), because of the plant's tendency to grow three petioles with seven leaflets each. It is also traditionally grown in 3 parts sunlight and 7 parts shade, and harvested 3 to 7 years after maturity, but these are likely traditions based on the name (Fruehauf, 2014).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānqī

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ cat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sam-chhit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanci
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-chʻi¹
    • Yale: sān-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanchi
    • Palladius: саньци (sanʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ cat¹
    • Yale: sāam chāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ tsat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ ced¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-chhit
    • Tâi-lô: sam-tshit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: samchid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰit̚³²/

Noun

三七

1. notoginseng (Panax notoginseng)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 三七 (“notoginseng”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		三七, 田七
Taxonomic name		三七
Cantonese	Hong Kong	田七
Southern Min	Xiamen	三七
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	田七

Derived terms

• 血三七

 

See also

• 補益藥／补益药 (bǔyìyào)