Chinese Word Entry

淫羊藿

Mandarin (Zhuyin):	ㄧㄣˊ ㄧㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
Mandarin (Pinyin):	yín yáng huò
Cantonese (Jyutping):	jam4 joeng4 fok3
Definitions:	Epimedium, genus of herbaceous flowering plant, cultivated in the Far East as aphrodisiac also called barrenwort or horny goatweed (said to resemble crushed goat's testicles)

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Chinese characters used in this word

淫	lewdness, licentiousness, obscene, licentious, lewd

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄧㄣˊ (yín), ㄧㄢˋ (yàn), ㄧㄠˊ (yáo)
Cantonese:	jam4
Japanese:	イン (in) / ひた.す (hitasu)、ほしいまま (hoshiimama)、みだ.ら (midara)、みだ.れる (midareru)、みだり (midari)
Korean:	음 (eum)
Vietnamese:	dâm

Variants

Semantic variant forms:

婬、滛

羊	sheep, goat, Kangxi radical 123

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄧㄤˊ (yáng)
Cantonese:	joeng4
Japanese:	ヨウ (you) / ひつじ (hitsuji)
Korean:	양 (yang)
Vietnamese:	dương

藿	lophanthus rugosus, betony, Agastache rugosa, Korean mint

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄏㄨㄛˋ (huò), ㄏㄜˊ (hé)
Cantonese:	fok3
Japanese:	カク (kaku)、スイ (sui)
Korean:	곽 (gwag)
Vietnamese:	hoắc, hoắt