藥薯

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Chinese

medicine; drug; cure potato; yam
trad. (藥薯) 藥 薯
simp. (药薯) 药 薯

Pronunciation

Noun

藥薯

  1. (Gan) sweet potato that has gone bad (with a bitter taste)
  2. (Changting Hakka) Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya)

Synonyms

  • (Chinese yam):
Dialectal synonyms of 薯蕷 (“Chinese yam”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 薯蕷
Taxonomic name 薯蕷
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 山藥
Taiwan 山藥
Harbin 山藥
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 山藥
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 山藥
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 山藥, 懷山藥, 鐵棍兒山藥
Wanrong 山藥
Zhengzhou 山藥
Xi'an 山藥
Xining 山藥
Xuzhou 山藥
Lanyin Mandarin Ürümqi 山藥
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 山藥
Wuhan 山藥
Guiyang 山藥
Guilin 淮山
Liuzhou 淮山
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 山藥
Yangzhou 山藥
Cantonese Guangzhou 淮山
Hong Kong 淮山
Taishan 淮山
Dongguan 淮山
Gan Pengze 山藥
Hakka Meixian 淮山
Changting 藥薯, 淮山
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 山藥, 淮山
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 山藥, 淮山
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 山藥, 淮山
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 山藥, 淮山
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 山藥, 淮山
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 山藥, 淮山
Jin Taiyuan 長山藥
Northern Min Jian'ou 薯蕷, 薯
Eastern Min Fuzhou 薯
Southern Min Tainan 淮山
Haikou 山薯
Puxian Min Xianyou 薯
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 淮山
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 山薯, 淮山
Northern Pinghua Lingchuan (Shuangzhou) 山藥
Wu Shanghai 山藥
Shanghai (Chongming) 山藥
Suzhou 山藥
Danyang 山藥
Hangzhou 山藥
Ningbo 山艿
Xiang Changsha 山藥薯

References

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