The story
- Mandarin · borrowed from天南星
- English todaytian nan xing
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 天南星 (tiānnánxīng).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tian nan xing
Today it means: A flowering plant of the species Arisaema amurense, native to East Asia, whose roots are used for traditional medicine. Full definition →
Mandarin 天南星