川貝 chuān bèi

Sichuan fritillary bulb in Chinese medicine

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Sichuan fritillary bulb (Bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae, used in TCM)

Characters

Character Meaning
川 chuān HSK 6
river
貝 bèi
cowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)