甘蔗

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	sugar cane
trad. (甘蔗)		甘	蔗
simp. ^#(甘蔗)		甘	蔗

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): gānzhe, gānzhè

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ˙ㄓㄜ, ㄍㄢㄓㄜˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gan¹ ze⁴ / gan¹ za⁴

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ганҗә (ganžə, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ ze³
Gan (Wiktionary): 'gon¹ za⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kâm-cha

(Hailu, HRS): gam^ˋ zha^ˇ
Eastern Min (BUC): găng-ciá
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kam-chià

(Teochew, Peng'im): gam¹ zia³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹koe-tso₅
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gan¹ zha⁴ / gan¹ zhe⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gānzhe
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ˙ㄓㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ganjhe̊
  - Wade–Giles: kan¹-chê⁵
  - Yale: gān-je
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gan.je
  - Palladius: ганьчжэ (ganʹčžɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ə²/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gānzhè
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢㄓㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ganjhè
  - Wade–Giles: kan¹-chê⁴
  - Yale: gān-jè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganjeh
  - Palladius: ганьчжэ (ganʹčžɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    甘蔗
    竿蔗
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: gan¹ ze⁴ / gan¹ za⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ganze / ganza
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kan⁵⁵ t͡sɛ²¹³/, /kan⁵⁵ t͡sa²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ганҗә (ganžə, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kæ̃²⁴ ʈ͡ʂə²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ ze³
  - Yale: gām je
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ dze³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ zé³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sɛː³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'gon¹ za⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈkɵn⁴² t͡sa³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâm-cha
  - Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˊ za
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gam¹ za⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sa⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˋ zha^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /kam⁵³ t͡ʃa¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: găng-ciá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒiɑ²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam-chià
  - Tâi-lô: kam-tsià
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kamciax
  - IPA (Taipei): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kam³³ t͡sia⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sia²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gam¹ zia³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kam tsià
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam³³⁻²³ t͡sia²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹koe-tso₅
  - MiniDict: koe^平 tso^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹koe-tso₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kø⁵⁵ t͡so²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: gan¹ zha⁴ / gan¹ zhe⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /kan³³ ʈ͡ʂa̠⁴⁵/, /kan³³ ʈ͡ʂɤ̞⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /kan³³ t͡sa̠⁴⁵/, /kan³³ t͡sɤ̞⁴⁵/

Noun

甘蔗

sugar cane (Classifier: 節／节 m; 轆／辘 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 甘蔗 (“sugar cane”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蔗, 藷蔗, 甘蔗, 竿蔗
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		甘蔗
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	甘蔗
	Taiwan	甘蔗
	Chifeng	甘蔗
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	甘蔗
	Harbin	甘蔗
	Shenyang	甘蔗
	Singapore	甘蔗
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	甘蔗
	Tangshan	甘蔗
	Cangzhou	甘蔗
	Baoding	甘蔗
	Shijiazhuang	甘蔗, 甜秫秸
	Jinan	甘蔗, 甜甘蔗
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	甘蔗
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	甘蔗, 甜杆
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	甘蔗, 甜蜜稈兒, 甜稈兒
	Wanrong	甘蔗
	Zhengzhou	甘蔗
	Xi'an	甘蔗
	Xining	甘蔗
	Xuzhou	甜甘截子, 甘截子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	甘蔗
	Lanzhou	甘蔗
	Ürümqi	甘蔗
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	甘蔗
	Chongqing	甘蔗
	Wuhan	甘蔗
	Guiyang	蔗稈
	Kunming	甘蔗
	Guilin	甘蔗
	Liuzhou	甘蔗, 蔗
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	甘蔗
	Yangzhou	甘蔗
	Nantong	甘蔗
	Hefei	甘蔗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蔗
	Hong Kong	蔗
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	蔗
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	蔗
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	蠟蔗
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	蔗
	Macau	蔗
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	蔗
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	蔗
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蔗
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	蔗
	Foshan	蔗
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	蔗
	Foshan (Shunde)	蔗
	Foshan (Sanshui)	蔗
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蔗
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蔗
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	蔗
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	蔗
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蔗
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蔗
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蔗
	Taishan	蔗
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蔗
	Enping (Niujiang)	蔗
	Heshan (Yayao)	蔗
	Dongguan	蔗
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	蔗
	Qingyuan	蔗
	Fogang	蔗
	Yingde (Hanguang)	蔗
	Yangshan	蔗
	Lianshan (Butian)	甘蔗
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	甘蔗
	Shaoguan	蔗
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蔗
	Renhua	甘蔗
	Lechang	蔗
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	蔗
	Sihui	蔗
	Guangning	蔗
	Deqing	蔗
	Huaiji	蔗
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	蔗
	Yunfu	蔗
	Xinxing	蔗
	Luoding	蔗
	Yunan (Pingtai)	蔗
	Yangjiang	蔗
	Xinyi	蔗
	Lianjiang	蔗
	Nanning	蔗, 甘蔗
	Wuzhou	蔗
	Yulin	甘蔗
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	甘蔗
	Hepu (Shatian)	甘蔗
	Guiping	蔗
	Mengshan (Xihe)	甘蔗
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	蔗
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	蔗
	Baise	甘蔗
	Bobai	蔗
	Lingshan	甘蔗
	Pubei	甘蔗
Qinzhou	甘蔗
Beihai	蔗
Beihai (Nankang)	甘蔗
Beihai (Yingpan)	甘蔗
Ningming	甘蔗
Hengzhou	甘蔗
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	蔗
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	甘蔗
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蔗
Móng Cái	甘蔗
Gan	Nanchang	甘蔗
	Lichuan	甘蔗, 蔗
	Pingxiang	蔗梗
Hakka	Meixian	蔗, 蠟蔗
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	蔗
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蔗
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	蔗
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	蔗
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	蔗
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	蔗
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	蔗
	Yudu	甘蔗, 蔗
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	甘蔗
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	甘蔗
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	甘蔗
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	甘蔗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	甘蔗
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蔗
	Hong Kong	蔗
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	甘蔗
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	蔗
	Mashan (Pianlian)	甘蔗
	Senai (Huiyang)	蔗
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	甘蔗
	Singkawang	蔗
Huizhou	Jixi	甘蔗
Huizhou	Shexian	甘蔗
Jin	Taiyuan	甘蔗, 甜棒
	Xinzhou	甘蔗, 甜棒
	Linhe	甘蔗
	Jining	甘蔗
	Hohhot	甘蔗, 甜棒
	Zhangjiakou	甘蔗
	Handan	甘蔗, 甜杆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蔗
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蔗, 甘蔗
Eastern Min	Fuqing	甘蔗
Southern Min	Xiamen	甘蔗
	Quanzhou	甘蔗
	Jinjiang	甘蔗
	Zhangzhou	甘蔗
	Taipei	甘蔗
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	甘蔗
	Kaohsiung	甘蔗
	Tainan	甘蔗
	Kinmen	甘蔗
	Penghu (Magong)	甘蔗
	Penang (Hokkien)	甘蔗
	Singapore (Hokkien)	甘蔗
	Manila (Hokkien)	甘蔗
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	甘蔗
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	甘蔗
	Shantou	蔗
	Jieyang	蔗
	Bangkok (Teochew)	蔗
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	甘蔗
	Penang (Teochew)	竹蔗
	Leizhou	蔗
	Wenchang	甘蔗
	Haikou	甘蔗
	Qionghai	甘蔗
Puxian Min	Putian	蔗
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	蔗
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	蔗
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	甘蔗
	Xianyou	蔗
	Xianyou (Fengting)	蔗
	Xianyou (Youyang)	蔗
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	蔗
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	蔗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	甘蔗
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	甘蔗
Shehua	Fu'an	蔗
	Fuding	蔗
	Luoyuan	蔗
	Sanming	蔗
	Shunchang	蔗
	Hua'an	甘蔗
	Guixi (Zhangping)	蔗
	Cangnan	蔗
	Jingning (Hexi)	蔗
	Lishui	蔗
	Longyou	蔗
	Chaozhou	蔗
	Fengshun	蔗
Wu	Shanghai	甘蔗
	Shanghai (Chongming)	甘蔗
	Suzhou	甘蔗
	Danyang	甘蔗
	Hangzhou	甘蔗
	Ningbo	甘蔗
	Wenzhou	甘蔗, 糖蔗
	Jinhua	甘蔗
Xiang	Changsha	甘蔗
	Loudi	蔗梗子
	Quanzhou	甘蔗

Derived terms

倒吃甘蔗
甘蔗園 / 甘蔗园
甘蔗板
甘蔗汁 (gānzhèzhī)
甘蔗無雙頭甜 / 甘蔗无双头甜
甘蔗粕
甘蔗蟾蜍 (gānzhè chánchú)
甘蔗顛子 / 甘蔗颠子
甘蔗食了一目正一目
老甘蔗，老根節 / 老甘蔗，老根节

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (甘蔗):

→ Japanese: 甘蔗(かんしゃ) (kansha); 甘蔗(かんしょ) (kansho)

References

“甘蔗”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
甘	蔗
かん Grade: S	しょ Hyōgai
on'yomi	kan'yōon

Possibly a shift from kansha below, utilizing the 慣用読み (kan’yōyomi, “common-use reading”) of the kanji 蔗 (sho).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かんしょ [káꜜǹshò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]
IPA^(key): [kã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞]

Noun

甘(かん)蔗(しょ) • (kansho)

(possibly obsolete) synonym of 砂糖黍 (satōkibi): sugar cane

Derived terms

甘(かん)蔗(しょ)糖(とう) (kanshotō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
甘	蔗
かん Grade: S	しゃ Hyōgai
on'yomi

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 甘蔗. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かんしゃ [káꜜǹshà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]
IPA^(key): [kã̠ɰ̃ɕa̠]

Noun

甘(かん)蔗(しゃ) • (kansha)

(archaic, obsolete) synonym of 砂糖黍 (satōkibi): sugar cane

References

^ “甘蔗”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
^ “甘蔗”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-1] “甘蔗”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[KDJ-2] “甘蔗”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DJR-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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