紅芋

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 紅芋. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 紅芋, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 紅芋 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 紅芋 you have here. The definition of the word 紅芋 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of紅芋, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Chinese

red; revolutionary; prosperity
red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular
 
 Colocasia antiquorum
trad. (紅芋) 紅 芋
simp. (红芋) 红 芋

Pronunciation

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Noun

紅芋

  1. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Gan) sweet potato

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
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紅 芋
べに
Grade: 6 		いも
Grade: S
kun'yomi
 ベニイモ on Japanese Wikipedia
 Conus pauperculus on Wikipedia

Etymology

From 紅 (beni, “lipstick red”) +‎ 芋 (imo, “potato”).

Pronunciation

Noun

紅(べに)芋(いも) or 紅芋(ベニイモ) • (beniimo) 

  1. Synonym of 大薯 (daisho, “purple yam”) (Dioscorea alata)
  2. a purple variety of sweet potato
    Synonym: 紫芋 (murasaki-imo)
  3. a sea snail of species Conus pauperculus

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ベニイモ.

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia