Chinese More information red; scarlet; barered; scarlet; bare; naked, Paeonia albiflora ... red; scarlet; barered; scarlet; bare; naked Paeonia albiflora trad. (赤芍) 赤 芍 simp. #(赤芍) 赤 芍 Close Pronunciation 1 Mandarin (Pinyin): chìsháo (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄕㄠˊ Cantonese (Jyutping): cek3 zoek3 Mandarin (Standard Chinese)+ Hanyu Pinyin: chìsháo Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄕㄠˊ Tongyong Pinyin: chìhsháo Wade–Giles: chʻih4-shao2 Yale: chr̀-sháu Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhshaur Palladius: чишао (čišao) Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ ʂɑʊ̯³⁵/ Cantonese (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+ Jyutping: cek3 zoek3 Yale: chek jeuk Cantonese Pinyin: tsek8 dzoek8 Guangdong Romanization: cég3 zêg3 Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ t͡sœːk̚³/ Noun 赤芍 (unpeeled) root of the Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora) (a root used in traditional Chinese medicine) Pronunciation 2 Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiah-chiok / chhiah-sio̍h / chhiah-chiak Southern Min (Hokkien: Xiamen) Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah-chiok Tâi-lô: tshiah-tsiok Phofsit Daibuun: chiahciog IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡siɔk̚³²/ (Hokkien: Quanzhou) Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah-sio̍h Tâi-lô: tshiah-sio̍h Phofsit Daibuun: chiahsioih IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)⁵ sioʔ²⁴/ (Hokkien: Zhangzhou) Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah-chiak Tâi-lô: tshiah-tsiak Phofsit Daibuun: chiahciag IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡siak̚³²/ Noun 赤芍 (Hokkien) a kind of Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora) References 赤芍 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.