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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
葛薯
- (Guangxi, dialectal Hakka, Hokkien, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) jicama
- (Weitou Cantonese) sweet potato
- (Mainland China Hokkien) a type of sweet potato
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
豆薯 (“jicama”)
Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
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
|
Liuzhou
|
涼薯, 葛薯
|
Nanning (Wuming)
|
涼薯, 葛薯
|
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
|
Singapore (Hokkien)
|
芒光, 沙葛
|
Shantou
|
芒光, 力孛
|
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
|
Dialectal synonyms of
番薯 (“sweet potato”)
Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
Classical Chinese
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薯, 藷, 藷藇, 薯蕷, 薯藥, 山藷, 金薯, 玉枕薯
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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
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Tianshui
|
紅苕
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Xining
|
紅薯
|
Xuzhou
|
白芋, 紅芋, 地瓜, 山芋
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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
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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)
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番薯
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Kaohsiung
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番薯
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Yilan
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番薯
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Changhua (Lukang)
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番薯
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Taichung
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番薯
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Taichung (Wuqi)
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番薯
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Tainan
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番薯
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Taitung
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番薯
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Hsinchu
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番薯
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Kinmen
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番薯
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Penghu (Magong)
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番薯
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Penang (Hokkien)
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番薯
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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番薯
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Manila (Hokkien)
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番薯
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Zhangping
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番薯
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Zhangping (Yongfu)
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番薯
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Datian
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番薯
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
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番薯, 紅薯
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Chaozhou
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番薯, 番葛
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Shantou
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番薯, 番葛
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Shantou (Chenghai)
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番薯, 番葛
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Nan'ao (Houzhai)
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番薯, 番葛
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Nan'ao (Yun'ao)
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番薯
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Jieyang
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番薯, 番葛
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Haifeng
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番薯
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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番薯, 番葛
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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番薯
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Singapore (Teochew)
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番薯
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Batam (Teochew)
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番薯
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Leizhou
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番薯, 薯
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Wenchang
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番薯
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Haikou
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番薯, 番葛
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Qionghai
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番薯
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Tunchang
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番葛
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Singapore (Hainanese)
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番薯
|
Puxian Min
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Putian
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番薯
|
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
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番薯
|
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
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番薯
|
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
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番薯
|
Xianyou
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番薯
|
Xianyou (Fengting)
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番薯
|
Xianyou (Youyang)
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番薯
|
Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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番薯
|
Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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番薯
|
Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Dahe)
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紅薯
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Shehua
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Fu'an
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番薯
|
Fuding
|
番薯
|
Luoyuan
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番薯
|
Sanming
|
番薯
|
Shunchang
|
番薯
|
Hua'an
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番薯
|
Guixi (Zhangping)
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番薯
|
Cangnan
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番薯
|
Jingning (Hexi)
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番薯
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Lishui
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番薯
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Longyou
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番薯
|
Chaozhou
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番薯
|
Fengshun
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番薯
|
Waxiang
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Guzhang (Gaofeng)
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白苕, 苕
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Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
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苕
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Wu
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Shanghai
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山芋
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Shanghai (Songjiang)
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山芋
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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番芋
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Suzhou
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山芋, 山薯
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Wuxi
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山芋
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Danyang
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山芋
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Hangzhou
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番芋, 番薯
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Ningbo
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番薯
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Wenzhou
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番薯
|
Jinhua
|
番芋
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Xiang
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Changsha
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紅薯
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Xiangtan
|
紅薯
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Loudi
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紅薯
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Shuangfeng
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紅薯
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Quanzhou
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紅薯, 外國薯
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Xiangnan Tuhua
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Jiangyong
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紅薯
|
Yuebei Tuhua
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Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)
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黃薯
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Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)
|
薯哩
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Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)
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番薯
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Renhua (Zhoutian)
|
薯哩
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Renhua (Shitang)
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番薯
|
Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)
|
番薯
|
Lechang (Changlai)
|
番薯
|
Lechang (Beixiang)
|
番薯
|
Lechang (Huangpu)
|
紅薯
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Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)
|
紅薯
|
Lechang (Sanxi)
|
紅薯
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