藥薯

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


  • Gan
    • (Nanchang)
      • Wiktionary: 'ioh6 xy4
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ˈiɔʔ⁵ ɕy³⁵/
  • Hakka
    • (Changting)
      • Changting Pinyin: yo5 shu2
      • Sinological IPA: /io²¹ ʃu²⁴/

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):

References

  • 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “药薯”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 772.