折耳根

zhé'ěrgēn
  1. (chiefly Southwestern Mandarin) Houttuynia cordata (a herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat boils and to reduce "damp-heat", also used in southwestern Chinese cooking)
  2. Houttuynia cordata (a herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat boils and to reduce "damp-heat", also used in southwestern Chinese cooking)

Wiktionary

Homographs

折耳根 zhéěrgēn chameleon plant; fish mint (Houttuynia cordata), esp. its edible rhizome

Entry Composition

=1 折 shé
  1. to snap
  2. to break (a stick, a bone etc)
  3. (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
=1 折 zhē
  1. to turn sth over
  2. to turn upside down
  3. to tip sth out (of a container)
=1 折 zhé
  1. to break
  2. to fracture
  3. to snap
  4. to suffer loss
  5. to bend
  6. to twist
  7. to turn
  8. to change direction
  9. convinced
  10. to convert into (currency)
  11. discount
  12. rebate
  13. tenth (in price)
  14. classifier for theatrical scenes
  15. to fold
  16. accounts book
=1 折 zhé
  1. variant of 折 zhé
  2. to fold
=1 折 tí only used in 折折
2 耳根 ěrgēn
  1. base of the ear
  2. ear
  3. (Buddhism) sense of hearing