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Chinese
Etymology
From Malay bengkuang, sengkuang, from Philippine singkamas,
from Spanish jícama, from Classical Nahuatl xīcama.
Pronunciation
Noun
芒光
- (chiefly Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien, Teochew) jicama
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
豆薯 (“jicama”)
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
豆薯
|
| Taxonomic name
|
豆薯
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
涼薯
|
| Taiwan
|
豆薯
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Xi'an
|
地瓜
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
地瓜兒, 地瓜
|
| Wuhan
|
地瓜
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| Guiyang
|
地蘿蔔, 地瓜
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| Liuzhou
|
涼薯, 葛薯
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| Nanning (Wuming)
|
涼薯, 葛薯
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
地瓜
|
| Yangzhou
|
地瓜
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
沙葛
|
| Hong Kong
|
沙葛
|
| Taishan
|
沙葛
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
番葛
|
| Dongguan
|
沙葛
|
| Nanning
|
葛薯
|
| Wuzhou
|
葛薯
|
| Yulin
|
草瓜薯
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
葛薯
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
地瓜
|
| Lichuan
|
地瓜
|
| Pingxiang
|
涼薯, 洋番薯
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
生葛, 沙葛, 黃葛仔
|
| Xingning
|
黃葛哩
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
沙葛
|
| Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
|
沙葛
|
| Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
|
沙葛
|
| Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
|
沙葛
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
沙葛
|
| Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
|
沙葛
|
| Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
|
沙葛
|
| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
沙葛
|
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
|
菜葛
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
沙葛
|
| Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
|
沙葛
|
| Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
|
葛哎
|
| Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
|
葛哎
|
| Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
|
葛薯
|
| Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
|
沙葛, 葛薯
|
| Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
|
沙葛
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
葛瓜
|
| Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
|
葛薯
|
| Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
|
葛薯, 生食薯
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
沙葛
|
| Changting
|
葛瓜
|
| Wuping
|
葛瓜
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
葛薯子
|
| Liancheng
|
葛
|
| Ninghua
|
好食葛
|
| Yudu
|
剝皮薯
|
| Ruijin
|
好食葛
|
| Shicheng
|
好食果子
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
涼薯
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
番葛
|
| Quanzhou
|
葛薯
|
| Jinjiang
|
田薯
|
| Zhangzhou
|
香葛
|
| Taipei
|
葛薯
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
葛薯
|
| Kaohsiung
|
豆仔薯
|
| Yilan
|
葛薯
|
| Taichung
|
豆仔薯
|
| Tainan
|
豆仔薯
|
| Hsinchu
|
豆薯
|
| Kinmen
|
豆仔薯
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
豆薯
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
芒光, 番葛
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
芒光, 沙葛
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| Shantou
|
芒光, 力孛
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| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
芒光, 力孛
|
| Leizhou
|
葛薯
|
| Wenchang
|
葛薯
|
| Haikou
|
葛薯
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
番葛
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
涼薯, 膠枝蘿蔔
|
| Wu
|
Suzhou
|
地瓜
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
涼薯
|
| Loudi
|
涼薯
|
| Xiangnan Tuhua
|
Jiangyong
|
涼薯
|
References
- Khin Khin Aye (2021) “Chapter 4 The Nature of Sinitic Lexicon in Bazaar Malay and Baba Malay in Singapore”, in Chia, Caroline, Hoogervorst, Tom, editors, Sinophone Southeast Asia: Sinitic Voices across the Southern Seas (Chinese Overseas: History, Literature, and Society; 20 ), Brill, →ISBN, pages 141-142