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Meaning of Huang-ch'i | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A Chinese medicinal herb (Astragalus membranaceus)

uncountable

Examples

“Lien-chiang (連江) grew trees on the barren hill slopes along nearly 100 li of the coasts of the Huang-ch'i (黃岐) peninsular.”
“Commune Members Chou Chin-shui, T'ang I-mao, and Li T'ai-ch'üan made a disclosure, saying: "Last year Li Chao-fang asked us to go to Huang-ch'i to undertake a construction project.”
“The Chinese drug Huang-ch’i is in considerable repute all over China.”
“Huang-ch'i is one of the famous drug frequently used in the Chinese medicine. In recent years, many substitutes and adulterants for this drug have been found in the market, and the botanic origin of the genuine drug Huang-ch'i still remains unclear both in herbals and in recent literatures.”
“Astragalus membranaceus (aka Huang ch'i) has been used widely for thousands of years throughout the Orient to stimulate the immune system.”
“He wrote: “From distant Tibet they bring saffron and sal ammoniac; orange peel and litchis from Canton; mushrooms and huang ch'i from Mongolia; rhubarb from Szechuan, etc."”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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