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Translingual
Han character
苕 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿尸竹口 (TSHR), four-corner 44602, composition ⿱艹召)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1022, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30779
- Dae Jaweon: page 1481, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3198, character 4
- Unihan data for U+82D5
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 刀
|
*taːw
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| 忉
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*taːw
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| 魛
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*taːw
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| 舠
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*taːw
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| 朷
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*taːw, *moːɡ
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| 叨
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*tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw
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| 倒
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*taːwʔ, *taːws
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| 到
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*taːws
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| 菿
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*taːws, *rtaːwɢ
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| 鞀
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*deːw
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| 鳭
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*rteːw, *teːw
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| 灱
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*hreːw
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| 菬
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*sdew, *tjewʔ
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| 超
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*tʰew
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| 怊
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*tʰew, *tʰjew
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| 欩
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*tʰew
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| 召
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*dews, *djews
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| 昭
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*tjew
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| 招
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*tjew
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| 鉊
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*tjew
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| 沼
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*tjewʔ
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| 照
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*tjews
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| 詔
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*tjews
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| 炤
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*tjews
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| 弨
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*tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ
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| 眧
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*tʰjewʔ
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| 韶
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*djew
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| 佋
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*djew, *djewʔ
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| 軺
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*djew, *lew
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| 玿
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*djew
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| 柖
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*djew
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| 紹
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*djewʔ
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| 袑
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*djewʔ
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| 綤
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*djewʔ
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| 邵
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*djews
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| 劭
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*djews
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| 卲
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*djews
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| 刁
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*teːw
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| 芀
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*teːw, *deːw
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| 貂
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*teːw
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| 蛁
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*teːw
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| 迢
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*deːw
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| 苕
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*deːw
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| 髫
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*deːw
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| 岧
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*deːw
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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苕
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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2160
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Phonetic
component
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刀
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Rime
group
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宵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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迢
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Old
Chinese
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/*deːw/
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Definitions
苕
- Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora)
- Synonyms: 凌霄 (língxiāo), 紫葳
- hairy tare (Vicia hirsuta)
- flower or ear of reed
- alt. forms: 芀, 䒒, 笤
- Used in 苕苕 (tiáotiáo).
Compounds
Etymology 2
Fusion of 山藥／山药 (shānyao) (Sun, 2014).
Pronunciation
Definitions
苕
- (dialectal Mandarin) sweet potato
- (Hubei Mandarin and Yunnan Mandarin, Xiang) foolish
- (Wuhan Mandarin) fool; idiot
- (Sichuanese) rustic
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
番薯 (“sweet potato”)
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
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| Classical Chinese
|
薯, 藷, 藷藇, 薯蕷, 薯藥, 山藷, 金薯, 玉枕薯
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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甘薯
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| Taxonomic name
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甘薯
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| Mandarin
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Beijing
|
白薯, 紅薯
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| Taiwan
|
地瓜, 番薯
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| Tianjin
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山芋, 山藥
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| Chengde
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紅薯
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| Tangshan
|
白薯
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| Cangzhou
|
紅薯, 山芋
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| Baoding
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山藥
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| Shijiazhuang
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山藥
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| Ulanhot
|
地瓜
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| Tongliao
|
地瓜
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| Chifeng
|
紅薯, 地瓜
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| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
地瓜
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| Heihe
|
地瓜
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| Qiqihar
|
地瓜
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| Harbin
|
地瓜
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| Jiamusi
|
地瓜
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| Baicheng
|
地瓜
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| Changchun
|
地瓜
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| Tonghua
|
地瓜
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| Shenyang
|
地瓜
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| Dandong
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地瓜
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| Jinzhou
|
紅薯, 地瓜
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| Dalian
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地瓜
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| Yantai
|
地瓜
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| Yantai (Muping)
|
地瓜
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| Qingdao
|
地瓜
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| Lijin
|
地瓜
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| Zhucheng
|
地瓜
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| Jinan
|
地瓜
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| Jining
|
地瓜, 芋頭
|
| Luoyang
|
苕, 紅薯
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| Wanrong
|
紅薯
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| Shangqiu
|
紅薯
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| Yuanyang
|
白薯, 紅薯
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| Zhengzhou
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紅薯
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| Lingbao
|
紅薯
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| Xinyang
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紅薯
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| Hanzhong
|
紅薯, 紅苕
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| Xi'an
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紅苕, 紅芋
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| Baoji
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紅薯, 紅苕, 紅芋
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| Yinchuan
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紅薯, 山芋
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| Tianshui
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紅苕
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| Lanzhou
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紅苕, 紅薯, 白薯
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| Xining
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紅薯
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| Hami
|
紅薯
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| Ürümqi
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紅薯, 紅苕
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| Wuhan
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苕, 紅苕, 地瓜
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| Huanggang
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甘薯
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| Yichang
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白薯, 紅薯, 地瓜
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| Xiangyang
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紅薯
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| Tianmen
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苕
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| Hong'an
|
紅芋, 紅苕, 苕
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| Chengdu
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紅苕, 番苕
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| Nanchong
|
紅苕
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| Dazhou
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紅苕
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| Hanyuan
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紅苕
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| Xichang
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紅苕
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| Zigong
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紅苕
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| Chongqing
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紅苕
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| Guiyang
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飯薯, 紅薯
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| Zunyi
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紅苕, 地蘿蔔
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| Bijie
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紅苕
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| Liping
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薯子
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| Zhaotong
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山藥
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| Dali
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紅薯, 土瓜, 山藥
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| Kunming
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白薯, 紅薯, 山藥
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| Mengzi
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白薯, 山藥
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| Guilin
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紅薯
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| Liuzhou
|
紅薯
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| Jishou
|
紅薯
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| Changde
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紅薯
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| Anqing
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紅薯, 山芋
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| Xuzhou
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白芋, 紅芋, 地瓜, 山芋
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| Fuyang
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紅芋
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| Wuhu
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山芋
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| Yangzhou
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山芋
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| Lianyungang
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地瓜, 山芋
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| Lianshui
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山芋
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| Nanjing
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山芋
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| Hefei
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山芋, 芋頭
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| Nantong
|
番芋
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| Malaysia
|
番薯
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| Singapore
|
番薯
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
紅苕
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| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
番薯
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| Hong Kong
|
番薯
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
葛薯
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
番薯, 葛薯
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| 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
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| 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)
|
番薯
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
|
番薯
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
番薯
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| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
番薯
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| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
番薯
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| Taishan
|
番薯
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
番薯
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
番薯
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| Heshan (Yayao)
|
紅薯
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| 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
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Nanchang
|
蘿蔔薯, 薯
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| 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
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| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
番薯
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| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
番薯
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| Zengcheng (Zhengguo)
|
番薯
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| 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
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| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
番薯, 紅薯
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| 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
|
| Conghua (Lütian)
|
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
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| Shexian
|
山芋
|
| Tunxi
|
紅薯
|
| Xiuning
|
山芋, 紅薯
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| Yixian
|
白番苕
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| 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
|
| Lishi
|
紅薯
|
| Linfen
|
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
|
| 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
|
Xianyou
|
番薯
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Shaxi (Longdu)
|
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
|
番薯
|
| Lishui
|
番薯
|
| Longyou
|
番薯
|
| Chaozhou
|
番薯
|
| Fengshun
|
番薯
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
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
|
Dialectal synonyms of
傻 (“foolish”)
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
傻
|
| Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
傻
|
| Taiwan
|
傻
|
| Tianjin
|
傻
|
| Xi'an
|
瓜
|
| Wuhan
|
苕, 哈, 嘎
|
| Chengdu
|
哈, 瓜, 寶
|
| Guilin
|
哈
|
| Yangzhou
|
呆, 木足, 瓜
|
| Hefei
|
呆, 傻
|
| Singapore
|
傻, 戇
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
戇, 傻, 戇居
|
| Hong Kong
|
傻, 戇, 戇居
|
| Taishan
|
傻, 吽, 戇
|
| Dongguan
|
戇, 傻, 吽
|
| Yangjiang
|
傻, 戇
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
傻, 戇
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
傻, 戇
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
蟬
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
傻, 戇
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
戇, 傻
|
| Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
|
傻
|
| Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
|
戇
|
| Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
|
戇
|
| Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
|
戇鳩
|
| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
呆愕
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
戇
|
| Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
|
戇鬼
|
| Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
|
傻
|
| Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
|
慢, 嚒
|
| Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
|
戇鳩
|
| Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
|
戇
|
| Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
|
傻
|
| Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
|
戇鳩
|
| Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
|
戇鳩
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
戇
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
戇
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
戇
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
戇
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
戇
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
戇
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
傻, 二不楞
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
賴, 戇
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
戇
|
| Changle
|
戇
|
| Fuqing
|
戇
|
| Yongtai
|
戇
|
| Gutian
|
阿褒
|
| Fu'an
|
戇
|
| Ningde
|
戇, 庸
|
| Shouning
|
戇, 庸
|
| Zhouning
|
戇
|
| Fuding
|
庸
|
| Matsu
|
戇
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
戇
|
| Quanzhou
|
戇, 潲面 vulgar
|
| Zhangzhou
|
戇, 哚哥, 潲面 vulgar
|
| Zhao'an
|
戇
|
| Kaohsiung
|
戇
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
戇
|
| Taichung
|
戇
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
呆
|
| Tainan
|
槌, 戇
|
| Hsinchu
|
戇
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
戇
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
戇
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
戇, 悇, 呆, 歁戇, 戇戇, 戇呆, 呆呆, 悇悇
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
戇, 戇戇, 洽, 洽潲 vulgar, 洽仔, 山猴, 三八, 三八潲 vulgar
|
| Chaozhou
|
㦙, 白仁, 戇
|
| Jieyang
|
㦙, 白仁, 戇
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
㦙, 戇, 悇
|
| Wenchang
|
戇, 傻
|
| Haikou
|
戇
|
| Qionghai
|
戇
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
戇
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
戇, 壽, 糞
|
| Shanghai (Songjiang)
|
戇, 壽, 踱
|
| Suzhou
|
戇, 壽, 踱
|
| Wuxi
|
戇, 壽
|
| Tongxiang
|
踱
|
| Ningbo
|
呆, 戇
|
| Wenzhou
|
呆, 憨
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
寶, 醒
|
| Shuangfeng
|
哈
|
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
苕
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
苕 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)
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