芡實子

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Chinese

Euryale ferox; cornstarch
real; true; honest
real; true; honest; really; solid
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
trad. (芡實子) 芡 實 子
simp. (芡实子) 芡 实 子

Pronunciation

  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: qienn4 shr6 zr
      • Sinological IPA (key) (old-style): /t͡ɕʰi̯ẽ⁴⁵ ʂʐ̩²⁴ t͡sz̩³/
      • Sinological IPA (key) (new-style): /t͡ɕʰi̯ẽ⁴⁵ sz̩²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

芡實子

  1. (Xiang) seed of Euryale ferox (a seed used in traditional Chinese medicine)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 芡實 (“foxnut seed”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 芡實, 雞頭米
Central Plains Mandarin Jining 雞斗米
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 雞頭蓮, 雞腦殼
Zigong 雞腦殼
Wuhan 雞頭包
Tianmen 雞頭包
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 雞頭果
Yangzhou 雞頭米子
Lianshui 雞頭菱角
Anqing 雞包頭
Wuhu 雞頭果子
Cantonese Guangzhou 茨實, 肇實
Hong Kong 茨實, 肇實
Gan Nanchang 雞頭蓮
Lichuan 雞頭蓮
Huizhou Jixi 雞頭
Southern Min Xiamen 芡實, 雞頭米
Quanzhou 芡實
Tainan 芡實
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 肇實
Wu Shanghai 雞頭
Suzhou 雞頭, 芡實
Xiang Changsha 雞頭菱, 芡實子, 雞頭蓮
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