韭菜子

jiǔcàizǐ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Chinese chive seeds (TCM herb)
  2. 2 seeds of Allium tuberosum, used to tonify kidney yang

Examples

Yīshēng gěi tā kāi le jiǔcàizǐ rù yào.
The doctor prescribed him Chinese chive seeds as medicine.
Jiǔcàizǐ zài zhōngyào lǐ yǒu wēnbǔ shènyáng de zuòyòng.
In Chinese medicine, chive seeds are said to warm and tonify kidney yang.

Tips

culture
A classical TCM herb (also called ). Listed among "animal/biology" frequency terms in some corpora only because it appears in medical and agricultural texts — botanically it is a plant seed.

Stroke Order

jiǔ
cài