Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
紅芋
- (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Gan) sweet potato
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
番薯 (“sweet potato”)
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| 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)
|
甘薯
|
| Taxonomic name
|
甘薯
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
白薯, 紅薯
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| Taiwan
|
地瓜, 番薯
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| Chengde
|
紅薯
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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
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地瓜
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| Shenyang
|
地瓜
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| Jinzhou
|
紅薯, 地瓜
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| Malaysia
|
番薯
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| Singapore
|
番薯
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| Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
山芋, 山藥
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| Tangshan
|
白薯
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| Cangzhou
|
紅薯, 山芋
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| Baoding
|
山藥
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| Shijiazhuang
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山藥
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| Lijin
|
地瓜
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| Jinan
|
地瓜
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Dalian
|
地瓜
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| Dandong
|
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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| Zhucheng
|
地瓜
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| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
苕, 紅薯
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| Lingbao
|
紅薯
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| Jining
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地瓜, 芋頭
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| Wanrong
|
紅薯
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| Linfen
|
紅薯
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| Shangqiu
|
紅薯
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| Yuanyang
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白薯, 紅薯
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| Zhengzhou
|
紅薯
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| Xinyang
|
紅薯
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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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| Tianshui
|
紅苕
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| Xining
|
紅薯
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| Xuzhou
|
白芋, 紅芋, 地瓜, 山芋
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| Pizhou
|
白芋, 山芋
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| Lianyungang (Ganyu)
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地瓜, 山芋
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| Donghai
|
地瓜, 山芋
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| Fuyang
|
紅芋
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| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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紅苕
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| Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
|
紅苕
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| Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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紅薯, 山芋
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| Lanzhou
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紅苕, 紅薯, 白薯
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| Hami
|
紅薯
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| Ürümqi
|
紅薯, 紅苕
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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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
|
紅苕
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| Hanyuan
|
紅苕
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| Xichang
|
紅苕
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| Zigong
|
紅苕
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| Chongqing
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紅苕
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| Wuhan
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苕, 紅苕, 地瓜
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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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| Guiyang
|
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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| Shuifu
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白苕, 紅苕
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| Daguan
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紅薯, 紅苕, 白苕
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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
|
紅薯
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| Liuzhou
|
紅薯
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| Nanning (Wuming)
|
番薯
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| Jishou
|
紅薯
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| Changde
|
紅薯
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| Hanzhong
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紅薯, 紅苕
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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山芋
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| Yangzhou
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山芋
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| Baoying
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山芋
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| Taizhou
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山芋
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| Zhenjiang
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山芋
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| Lianyungang
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地瓜, 山芋
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| Huai'an (Huaiyin)
|
山芋
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| Lianshui
|
山芋
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| Xuyi
|
山芋
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| Nantong
|
番芋, 本番芋
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| Rugao
|
番芋
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| Yancheng
|
山芋
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| Funing
|
山芋
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| Sihong
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山芋, 白芋
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| Anqing
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紅薯, 山芋
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| Wuhu
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山芋
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| Hefei
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山芋, 芋頭
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| Huanggang
|
甘薯
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| Hong'an
|
紅芋, 紅苕, 苕
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| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
番薯
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| Hong Kong
|
番薯
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| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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葛薯
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
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番薯, 葛薯
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| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
番薯
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| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
番薯
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| Macau
|
番薯
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
番薯
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
番薯
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| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
番薯
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| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
番薯
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| Foshan
|
番薯
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| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
番薯
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| Foshan (Shunde)
|
番薯
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
番薯
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| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
番薯
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
番薯
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| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
番薯
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| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
番薯
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| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
番薯
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
番薯
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
番薯
|
| Taishan
|
番薯
|
| 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
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| Yangjiang
|
番薯
|
| Xinyi
|
番薯
|
| Lianjiang
|
番薯
|
| Nanning
|
番薯
|
| Wuzhou
|
番薯
|
| Yulin
|
番薯
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
番薯
|
| Danzhou
|
薯
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
番薯
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
番薯
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
番薯
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
蘿蔔薯, 薯
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| 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
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| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
番薯
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| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
番薯
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| Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)
|
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
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| 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
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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
|
| 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
|
| Zhangpu
|
番薯
|
| Yunxiao
|
番薯
|
| Zhao'an
|
番薯
|
| Zhao'an (Sidu)
|
番薯
|
| Zhao'an (Tingyang, Baiyang)
|
番薯
|
| Zhao'an (Wenshan, Taiping)
|
番薯
|
| Dongshan
|
地瓜, 番薯
|
| Taipei
|
番薯
|
| New Taipei (Tamsui)
|
番薯
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
番薯
|
| New Taipei (Pingxi)
|
番薯
|
| Kaohsiung
|
番薯
|
| Kaohsiung (Cijin)
|
番薯
|
| Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
|
番薯
|
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
|
番薯
|
| Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
|
番薯
|
| Yilan
|
番薯
|
| Yilan (Luodong)
|
番薯
|
| Yilan (Toucheng)
|
番薯
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
番薯
|
| Changhua (Yongjing)
|
番薯
|
| Taichung
|
番薯
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
番薯
|
| Tainan
|
番薯
|
| Tainan (Anping)
|
番薯
|
| Taitung
|
番薯
|
| Hsinchu
|
番薯
|
| Chiayi
|
番薯
|
| Chiayi County (Dongshi)
|
番薯
|
| Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)
|
番薯
|
| Kinmen
|
番薯
|
| Kinmen (Jinsha)
|
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
|
| Raoping
|
番薯
|
| 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
|
Putian
|
番薯
|
| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
|
番薯
|
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
番薯
|
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
|
番薯
|
| Xianyou
|
番薯
|
| Xianyou (Fengting)
|
番薯
|
| Xianyou (Youyang)
|
番薯
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
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
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番薯
|
| Guixi (Zhangping)
|
番薯
|
| Cangnan
|
番薯
|
| Jingning (Hexi)
|
番薯
|
| Lishui
|
番薯
|
| Longyou
|
番薯
|
| Chaozhou
|
番薯
|
| Fengshun
|
番薯
|
| Waxiang
|
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
|
白苕, 苕
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| Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
|
苕
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| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
山芋
|
| Shanghai (Songjiang)
|
山芋
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
番芋
|
| Suzhou
|
山芋, 山薯
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| Wuxi
|
山芋
|
| Changshu
|
山芋
|
| Nantong (Haimen)
|
山芋
|
| Changzhou
|
山芋
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| Danyang
|
山芋, 白山芋
|
| Hangzhou
|
番芋, 番薯
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| 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
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| Xiangnan Tuhua
|
Jiangyong
|
紅薯
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| Yuebei Tuhua
|
Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)
|
黃薯
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| Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)
|
薯哩
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| Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)
|
番薯
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| Renhua (Zhoutian)
|
薯哩
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| Renhua (Shitang)
|
番薯
|
| Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)
|
番薯
|
| Lechang (Changlai)
|
番薯
|
| Lechang (Beixiang)
|
番薯
|
| Lechang (Huangpu)
|
紅薯
|
| Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)
|
紅薯
|
| Lechang (Sanxi)
|
紅薯
|
Japanese
| Kanji in this term
|
| 紅
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芋
|
べに
Grade: 6
|
いも
Grade: S
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| kun'yomi
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Etymology
From 紅 (beni, “crimson”) + 芋 (imo, “tuber, yam”).
Pronunciation
Noun
紅芋 or 紅芋 • (beniimo)
- Conus pauperculus, a species of predatory cone snail
- synonym of 大薯 (daisho, “purple yam”) (Dioscorea alata)
- a purple variety of sweet potato
- Synonym: 紫芋 (murasaki-imo)
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ベニイモ (benīmo).