| water; river | ginger | minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (水薑仔) | 水 | 薑 | 仔 | |
| simp. (水姜仔) | 水 | 姜 | 仔 | |
水薑仔
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 子薑 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 薑包兒 |
| Guiyang | 嫩薑, 子薑 | |
| Liuzhou | 子薑, 嫩薑 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 子薑 |
| Dongguan | 子薑 | |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 子薑 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 子薑 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 嫩薑 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 嫩薑, 子薑 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 嫩薑 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 嫩薑 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 嫩薑 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 嫩薑 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 嫩薑 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 茈薑 |
| Quanzhou | 茈薑 | |
| Jinjiang | 水薑 | |
| Zhangzhou | 茈薑 | |
| Taipei | 茈薑 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 茈薑 | |
| Kaohsiung | 茈薑 | |
| Yilan | 水薑 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 水薑仔 | |
| Taichung | 茈薑 | |
| Tainan | 茈薑 | |
| Hsinchu | 茈薑 | |
| Kinmen | 茈薑 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 茈薑 | |
| Haikou | 幼薑 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 子薑, 嫩薑 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 嫩薑, 伏薑 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 子薑, 紫芽薑 |
| Loudi | 子薑 | |