Digest Number 1305

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Z'ev wrote:

 

>Is it possible to get the characters or at least the pinyin for

>'thick' and 'thin'? I'd like to look it up. I have another translated

>article that uses the terms 'slippery' and 'subtle' when describing

>medicinals, and I want to see if the original terms are the same.

 

Z'ev,

 

Typically the chinese characters are hou4 (thick) (as in Hou Po the herb,

if that helps), and bo2 (thin) (as in Bo He the herb, if that helps).

Sometimes hou4 zhong4 is used, (zhong4 as in " heavy " ). Hope that is of

some help.

 

Greg