番薯

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Chinese

(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign
(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name
 
 potato; yam
trad. (番薯/番藷) 番 薯/藷
simp. (番薯) 番 薯
alternative forms 蕃薯
蕃藷／蕃薯
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Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Note:
  • huang1 ze5 - Shantou, Jieyang;
  • huêng1 ze5 - Chaozhou;
  • huang1 zu5 - Chaoyang.

    Noun

    番薯

    1. sweet potato
    2. (Mainland China Hokkien) the hell (usually in a question in mild disdain)
    Synonyms
    Dialectal synonyms of 番薯 (“sweet potato”)
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 薯, 藷, 藷藇, 薯蕷, 薯藥, 山藷, 金薯, 玉枕薯
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 甘薯
    Taxonomic name 甘薯
    Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 白薯, 紅薯
    Taiwan 地瓜, 番薯
    Chengde 紅薯
    Ulanhot 地瓜
    Tongliao 地瓜
    Chifeng 紅薯, 地瓜
    Hulunbuir (Hailar) 地瓜
    Heihe 地瓜
    Qiqihar 地瓜
    Harbin 地瓜
    Jiamusi 地瓜
    Baicheng 地瓜
    Changchun 地瓜
    Tonghua 地瓜
    Shenyang 地瓜
    Jinzhou 紅薯, 地瓜
    Malaysia 番薯
    Singapore 番薯
    Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 山芋, 山藥
    Tangshan 白薯
    Cangzhou 紅薯, 山芋
    Baoding 山藥
    Shijiazhuang 山藥
    Lijin 地瓜
    Jinan 地瓜
    Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 地瓜
    Dandong 地瓜
    Yantai 地瓜
    Yantai (Muping) 地瓜
    Qingdao 地瓜
    Zhucheng 地瓜
    Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 苕, 紅薯
    Lingbao 紅薯
    Jining 地瓜, 芋頭
    Wanrong 紅薯
    Linfen 紅薯
    Shangqiu 紅薯
    Yuanyang 白薯, 紅薯
    Zhengzhou 紅薯
    Xinyang 紅薯
    Xi'an 紅苕, 紅芋
    Baoji 紅薯, 紅苕, 紅芋
    Tianshui 紅苕
    Xining 紅薯
    Xuzhou 白芋, 紅芋, 地瓜, 山芋
    Fuyang 紅芋
    Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 紅苕
    Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 紅苕
    Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 紅薯, 山芋
    Lanzhou 紅苕, 紅薯, 白薯
    Hami 紅薯
    Ürümqi 紅薯, 紅苕
    Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 紅苕, 番苕
    Nanchong 紅苕
    Dazhou 紅苕
    Hanyuan 紅苕
    Xichang 紅苕
    Zigong 紅苕
    Chongqing 紅苕
    Wuhan 苕, 紅苕, 地瓜
    Yichang 白薯, 紅薯, 地瓜
    Xiangyang 紅薯
    Tianmen 苕
    Guiyang 飯薯, 紅薯
    Zunyi 紅苕, 地蘿蔔
    Bijie 紅苕
    Liping 薯子
    Zhaotong 山藥
    Dali 紅薯, 土瓜, 山藥
    Kunming 白薯, 紅薯, 山藥
    Mengzi 白薯, 山藥
    Guilin 紅薯
    Liuzhou 紅薯
    Nanning (Wuming) 番薯
    Jishou 紅薯
    Changde 紅薯
    Hanzhong 紅薯, 紅苕
    Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 山芋
    Yangzhou 山芋
    Lianyungang 地瓜, 山芋
    Lianshui 山芋
    Nantong 番芋
    Anqing 紅薯, 山芋
    Wuhu 山芋
    Hefei 山芋, 芋頭
    Huanggang 甘薯
    Hong'an 紅芋, 紅苕, 苕
    Cantonese Guangzhou 番薯
    Hong Kong 番薯
    Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 葛薯
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 番薯, 葛薯
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 番薯
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 番薯
    Macau 番薯
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 番薯
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 番薯
    Guangzhou (Conghua) 番薯
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 番薯
    Foshan 番薯
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 番薯
    Foshan (Shunde) 番薯
    Foshan (Sanshui) 番薯
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 番薯
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 番薯
    Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 番薯
    Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 番薯
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 番薯
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 番薯
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 番薯
    Taishan 番薯
    Kaiping (Chikan) 番薯
    Enping (Niujiang) 番薯
    Heshan (Yayao) 紅薯
    Dongguan 番薯
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 番薯
    Shenzhen (Dapeng) 番薯
    Shaoguan 番薯
    Yunfu 番薯
    Yangjiang 番薯
    Xinyi 番薯
    Lianjiang 番薯
    Nanning 番薯
    Wuzhou 番薯
    Yulin 番薯
    Hepu (Lianzhou) 番薯
    Danzhou 薯
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 番薯
    Singapore (Guangfu) 番薯
    Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 番薯
    Gan Nanchang 蘿蔔薯, 薯
    Pengze 白薯
    Lichuan 番薯
    Pingxiang 番薯
    Hakka Meixian 番薯
    Xingning 番薯
    Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 番薯
    Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) 番薯
    Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) 番薯
    Huiyang 番薯
    Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) 番薯
    Huidong (Daling) 番薯
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 番薯
    Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) 番薯
    Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) 番薯, 紅薯
    Boluo (Bendihua) 番薯
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 番薯
    Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) 番薯
    Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 番薯
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 番薯
    Wuhua (Shuizhai) 番薯
    Wuhua (Huacheng) 番薯
    Wuhua (Changbu) 番薯
    Wuhua (Mianyang) 番薯
    Heyuan (Bendihua) 番薯, 紅薯
    Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) 番薯
    Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 番薯
    Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) 番薯
    Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 番薯
    Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) 番薯
    Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 番薯
    Shaoguan (Qujiang) 番薯
    Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) 番薯
    Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) 番薯
    Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 番薯
    Liannan 番薯
    Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 番薯
    Jiexi 番薯
    Luhe 番薯
    Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 番薯
    Changting 番薯
    Wuping 番薯
    Wuping (Yanqian) 番薯
    Wuping (Pingyu) 番薯
    Liancheng 番薯
    Ninghua 番薯, 窩薯
    Yudu 番薯, 薯子
    Ningdu 番薯
    Ruijin 番薯
    Shicheng 番薯
    Shangyou (Shexi) 番薯
    Tonggu (Sandu) 番薯
    Ganzhou (Panlong) 番薯
    Dayu 番薯哩
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 番薯
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 番薯
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 番薯
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 番薯
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 番薯
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 番薯
    Hong Kong 番薯
    Yangxi (Tangkou) 番薯
    Yangchun (Sanjia) 番薯
    Xinyi (Sihe) 番薯
    Xinyi (Qianpai) 番薯
    Gaozhou (Xindong) 番薯
    Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 番薯
    Huazhou (Xin'an) 番薯
    Lianjiang (Shijiao) 番薯
    Lianjiang (Qingping) 番薯
    Mengshan (Xihe) 番薯
    Luchuan 番薯
    Luchuan (Daqiao) 紅番薯, 紅薯
    Sabah (Longchuan) 番薯
    Senai (Huiyang) 番薯
    Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 番薯
    Singkawang 番薯
    Huizhou Jixi 飯芋, 山芋
    Shexian 山芋
    Huangshan (Tunxi) 紅薯
    Xiuning 山芋, 紅薯
    Yixian 白番苕
    Qimen 紅薯
    Wuyuan 番薯
    Fuliang 紅薯
    Dexing 番薯
    Jingde 番薯
    Shitai (Xianyu) 薯薯兒
    Jin Taiyuan 紅薯
    Pingyao 紅薯
    Yangyuan 白薯, 紅薯
    Datong 紅薯
    Xinzhou 紅薯
    Lüliang (Lishi) 紅薯
    Changzhi 紅薯
    Linhe 紅薯
    Jining 紅薯
    Hohhot 紅薯
    Erenhot 紅薯
    Pingshan 山藥
    Zhangjiakou 白薯, 紅薯
    Handan 白薯, 紅薯
    Linzhou 紅薯
    Suide 紅薯
    Northern Min Jian'ou 番薯
    Jian'ou (Dikou) 番薯
    Songxi 番薯
    Zhenghe 番薯
    Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 番薯
    Jianyang 番薯
    Wuyishan 番薯
    Pucheng (Shibei) 番薯
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 番薯
    Fuzhou (Changle) 番薯
    Fuqing 番薯
    Yongtai 番薯
    Gutian 番薯
    Fu'an 番薯
    Ningde 番薯
    Shouning 番薯
    Zhouning 番薯
    Fuding 番薯
    Southern Min Xiamen 番薯
    Xiamen (Tong'an) 番薯
    Quanzhou 番薯
    Jinjiang 番薯
    Hui'an 番薯
    Anxi 番薯
    Yongchun 番薯
    Zhangzhou 番薯
    Zhangzhou (Changtai) 番薯
    Hua'an 番薯
    Nanjing 番薯
    Yunxiao 番薯
    Zhao'an 番薯
    Dongshan 地瓜, 番薯
    Taipei 番薯
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 番薯
    Kaohsiung 番薯
    Yilan 番薯
    Changhua (Lukang) 番薯
    Taichung 番薯
    Taichung (Wuqi) 番薯
    Tainan 番薯
    Taitung 番薯
    Hsinchu 番薯
    Kinmen 番薯
    Penghu (Magong) 番薯
    Penang (Hokkien) 番薯
    Singapore (Hokkien) 番薯
    Manila (Hokkien) 番薯
    Zhangping 番薯
    Zhangping (Yongfu) 番薯
    Datian 番薯
    Pingnan (Shangdu) 番薯, 紅薯
    Chaozhou 番薯, 番葛
    Shantou 番薯, 番葛
    Shantou (Chenghai) 番薯, 番葛
    Nan'ao (Houzhai) 番薯, 番葛
    Nan'ao (Yun'ao) 番薯
    Jieyang 番薯, 番葛
    Haifeng 番薯
    Bangkok (Teochew) 番薯, 番葛
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 番薯
    Singapore (Teochew) 番薯
    Batam (Teochew) 番薯
    Leizhou 番薯, 薯
    Wenchang 番薯
    Haikou 番薯, 番葛
    Qionghai 番薯
    Tunchang 番葛
    Singapore (Hainanese) 番薯
    Puxian Min Putian 番薯
    Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 番薯
    Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 番薯
    Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 番薯
    Xianyou 番薯
    Xianyou (Fengting) 番薯
    Xianyou (Youyang) 番薯
    Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 番薯
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 番薯
    Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 紅薯
    Shehua Fu'an 番薯
    Fuding 番薯
    Luoyuan 番薯
    Sanming 番薯
    Shunchang 番薯
    Hua'an 番薯
    Guixi (Zhangping) 番薯
    Cangnan 番薯
    Jingning (Hexi) 番薯
    Lishui 番薯
    Longyou 番薯
    Chaozhou 番薯
    Fengshun 番薯
    Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 白苕, 苕
    Yuanling (Shaojiwan) 苕
    Wu Shanghai 山芋
    Shanghai (Songjiang) 山芋
    Shanghai (Chongming) 番芋
    Suzhou 山芋, 山薯
    Wuxi 山芋
    Danyang 山芋
    Hangzhou 番芋, 番薯
    Ningbo 番薯
    Wenzhou 番薯
    Jinhua 番芋
    Xiang Changsha 紅薯
    Xiangtan 紅薯
    Loudi 紅薯
    Shuangfeng 紅薯
    Quanzhou 紅薯, 外國薯
    Xiangnan Tuhua Jiangyong 紅薯
    Yuebei Tuhua Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) 黃薯
    Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) 薯哩
    Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) 番薯
    Renhua (Zhoutian) 薯哩
    Renhua (Shitang) 番薯
    Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) 番薯
    Lechang (Changlai) 番薯
    Lechang (Beixiang) 番薯
    Lechang (Huangpu) 紅薯
    Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) 紅薯
    Lechang (Sanxi) 紅薯
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    Sino-Xenic (番薯, 番藷, 蕃薯, 蕃藷 / 番薯, 番薯, 蕃薯, 蕃薯):
    • → Japanese: 蕃藷(ばんしょ) (bansho)
    • → Korean: 번저(蕃藷) (beonjeo)

    See also

    Etymology 2

    Phono-semantic matching of English fans.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    番薯

    1. (Cantonese, humorous) fan (e.g. of music, movies, celebrities)

    References

    • 曾子凡 (2008) 《香港粵語慣用語研究》 [A Study of Idiomatic Expressions in Hong Kong Cantonese] (in Chinese), Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong Press, →ISBN
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