Chinese
Etymology
So named because mallards (鳧) like to eat water chestnuts, and water chestnuts are purple like the gromwell (茈) in the early stages of growth (Li, 2012).
Pronunciation
Noun
鳧茈
- (literary) water chestnut
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
荸薺 (“Chinese water chestnut”)
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| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
|
芍, 鳧茈, 鳧茨, 烏芋
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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荸薺
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| Taxonomic name
|
荸薺
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| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
荸薺
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| Taiwan
|
荸薺
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| Chengde
|
荸薺
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| Chifeng
|
地梨兒
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| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
荸薺
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| Heihe
|
地梨
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| Qiqihar
|
地梨
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| Harbin
|
荸薺
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| Baicheng
|
地梨
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| Tonghua
|
地梨
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| Shenyang
|
荸薺
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| Jinzhou
|
荸薺
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| Singapore
|
馬蹄
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
|
荸薺
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| Tangshan
|
荸薺
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| Cangzhou
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荸薺, 地梨兒
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| Baoding
|
荸薺, 地梨兒
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| Shijiazhuang
|
荸薺
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| Lijin
|
荸薺
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| Jinan
|
荸薺
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Dalian
|
荸薺
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| Dandong
|
荸薺
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| Yantai
|
地梨兒
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| Yantai (Muping)
|
地梨兒
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| Qingdao
|
地薺
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| Zhucheng
|
地薺
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| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
荸薺
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| Lingbao
|
荸薺
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| Jining
|
荸薺
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| Linfen
|
地梨兒
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| Shangqiu
|
荸薺
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| Yuanyang
|
荸薺
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| Zhengzhou
|
荸薺
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| Xinyang
|
地梨兒
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| Baihe
|
荸薺
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| Xi'an
|
荸薺
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| Baoji
|
荸薺
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| Tianshui
|
荸薺
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| Xining
|
荸薺
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| Xuzhou
|
荸薺
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| Pizhou
|
荸薺
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| Lianyungang (Ganyu)
|
荸薺, 地梨
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| Donghai
|
荸薺
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| Fuyang
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荸薺, 地梨子
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| Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
|
荸薺
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| Lanzhou
|
荸薺
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| Dunhuang
|
荸薺
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| Hami
|
荸薺
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| Ürümqi
|
荸薺
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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慈姑兒, 荸薺
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| Nanchong
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土菜瓜
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| Dazhou
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荸蒜兒
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| Hanyuan
|
荸薺
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| Xichang
|
荸薺
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| Zigong
|
荸薺
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| Chongqing
|
荸薺兒
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| Wuhan
|
荸薺
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| Yichang
|
荸球
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| Xiangyang
|
荸薺
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| Tianmen
|
荸薺
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| Guiyang
|
荸薺
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| Zunyi
|
荸薺
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| Bijie
|
荸薺
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| Liping
|
荸薺
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| Zhaotong
|
荸薺
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| Dali
|
荸薺
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| Kunming
|
荸薺
|
| Mengzi
|
荸薺
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| Guilin
|
馬蹄
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| Guilin (Lingui)
|
馬蹄
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| Liuzhou
|
馬蹄, 蒲薺, 蒲慈 dated
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| Liuzhou (Luorong)
|
馬蹄
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| Jishou
|
荸薺子
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| Changde
|
薺米
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| Hanzhong
|
荸薺
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
|
荸薺
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| Yangzhou
|
荸薺
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| Baoying
|
荸薺
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| Taizhou
|
荸薺
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| Zhenjiang
|
荸薺
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| Lianyungang
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荸薺, 荸子
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| Huai'an (Huaiyin)
|
荸薺
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| Xuyi
|
荸薺
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| Nantong
|
荸薺
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| Rugao
|
荸薺
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| Yancheng
|
荸薺
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| Funing
|
荸薺
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| Sihong
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荸球
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| Wuhu
|
薺子
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| Hefei
|
荸薺
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| Huanggang
|
荸薺
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| Hong'an
|
荸薺
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
|
馬蹄
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| Hong Kong
|
馬蹄
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| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
馬蹄
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
馬蹄
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| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
馬蹄
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| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
馬蹄
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| Macau
|
馬蹄
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
馬蹄
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
馬蹄
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| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
馬蹄
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| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
馬蹄
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| Foshan
|
馬蹄
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
馬蹄
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| Foshan (Shunde)
|
馬蹄
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| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
馬蹄
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| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
馬蹄
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
馬蹄
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| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
馬蹄
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| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
馬蹄
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| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
馬薺
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| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
馬薺
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| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
馬薺
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| Taishan
|
馬薺
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| Taishan (Guanghai)
|
馬薺
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
馬薺
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| Enping (Niujiang)
|
馬薺
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| Heshan (Yayao)
|
馬蹄
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| Dongguan
|
田薺, 馬蹄
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| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
馬蹄
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| Qingyuan
|
馬蹄
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| Fogang
|
馬薺
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| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
馬蹄
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| Yangshan
|
馬蹄
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| Lianshan (Butian)
|
馬蹄子
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| Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
|
馬蹄
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| Shaoguan
|
馬蹄
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| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
馬蹄
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| Renhua
|
馬薺
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| Lechang
|
馬蹄
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| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
馬蹄
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| Sihui
|
馬蹄
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| Guangning
|
馬蹄
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| Deqing
|
馬蹄
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| Huaiji
|
馬蹄
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| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
馬蹄
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| Yunfu
|
馬蹄
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| Xinxing
|
馬蹄
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| Luoding
|
馬蹄
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| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
馬蹄
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| Yangjiang
|
馬蹄子
|
| Xinyi
|
馬蹄子
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| Maoming (Xinpo)
|
馬蹄
|
| Lianjiang
|
馬蹄子
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| Nanning
|
馬蹄
|
| Wuzhou
|
馬蹄
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| Yulin
|
馬蹄
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| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
馬蹄, 馬蹄子
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| Hepu (Shatian)
|
馬蹄
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| Guiping
|
馬蹄
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| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
馬蹄
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| Guigang (Nanjiang)
|
馬蹄
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| Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
馬蹄
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| Baise
|
馬蹄
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| Bobai
|
馬蹄
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| Lingshan
|
荸薺
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| Pubei
|
荸薺
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| Qinzhou
|
馬蹄
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| Beihai
|
馬蹄
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| Beihai (Nankang)
|
馬蹄
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| Beihai (Yingpan)
|
馬蹄子
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
馬蹄
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| Ningming
|
馬蹄
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| Hengzhou
|
馬蹄
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| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
馬蹄
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
馬蹄
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| Penang (Guangfu)
|
馬蹄
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
馬蹄
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| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
馬蹄
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| Móng Cái
|
馬蹄
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| Mandalay (Taishan)
|
馬薺
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| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
荸救
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| Lichuan
|
馬絲
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| Pingxiang
|
慈姑
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| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
馬薺, 馬蹄
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| Xingning
|
馬薺
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| Dabu (Xihe)
|
馬薺
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| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
馬薺, 馬蹄
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| Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
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| Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
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| Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)
|
馬薺
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| Huidong (Daling)
|
馬薺, 馬蹄
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| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
馬薺
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| Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
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| Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)
|
馬薺
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| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
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| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
馬蹄
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| Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)
|
馬蹄
|
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
|
馬蹄
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
馬蹄
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
|
| Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
|
| Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
|
| Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)
|
馬薺
|
| Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)
|
馬薺
|
| Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)
|
馬蹄薺
|
| Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
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| Wengyuan
|
馬薺
|
| Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)
|
馬薺
|
| Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)
|
馬薺
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
馬蹄
|
| Liannan
|
馬蹄
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
馬薺
|
| Jiexi
|
馬薺
|
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
薺蔥
|
| Changting
|
馬薺
|
| Wuping
|
馬薺
|
| Wuping (Yanqian)
|
馬薺
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
馬薺
|
| Liancheng
|
馬薺
|
| Ninghua
|
馬薺
|
| Yudu
|
馬薺, 馬薺子
|
| Ningdu
|
馬薺子
|
| Ruijin
|
馬薺
|
| Shicheng
|
馬薺
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
荸薺
|
| Tonggu (Sandu)
|
馬薺
|
| Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
荸薺
|
| Dayu
|
荸薺
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
馬薺
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
馬薺
|
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
|
馬薯
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| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
|
馬薺
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| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
|
馬錢
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
馬薺
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
馬薺, 脆薯
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
馬薺
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
馬薺
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| Hong Kong
|
馬蹄
|
| Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
馬蹄子
|
| Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
馬蹄子
|
| Xinyi (Sihe)
|
馬蹄
|
| Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
馬蹄
|
| Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
馬蹄
|
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
馬蹄, 薯菇
|
| Huazhou (Xin'an)
|
馬蹄子
|
| Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
馬蹄
|
| Lianjiang (Qingping)
|
蹄子
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
馬蹄
|
| Luchuan
|
馬蹄
|
| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
馬蹄
|
| Beiliu (Tang'an)
|
馬蹄
|
| Mashan (Pianlian)
|
馬薺
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
|
馬蹄
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| Senai (Huiyang)
|
馬蹄
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
荸薺
|
| Shexian
|
荸薺
|
| Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
荸薺
|
| Xiuning
|
荸薺
|
| Yixian
|
荸薺
|
| Qimen
|
荸薺
|
| Wuyuan
|
蒲薺
|
| Chun'an (Qiandaohu)
|
荸薺
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| Chun'an (Jiangjia)
|
荸薺
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| Jiande (Meicheng)
|
荸薺
|
| Jiande (Shouchang)
|
地荸薺
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
荸薺
|
| Jining
|
地梨
|
| Hohhot
|
地梨兒
|
| Erenhot
|
地梨兒
|
| Pingshan
|
地梨兒
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
荸薺
|
| Suide
|
荸薺
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
莓薺
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
莓薺
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| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
莓薺, 網薺
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
蠓薺
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
莓薺
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
莓薺
|
| Fuqing
|
莓薺
|
| Yongtai
|
莓薺
|
| Gutian
|
莓薺
|
| Fu'an
|
薺栗
|
| Ningde
|
莓薺
|
| Shouning
|
水薺
|
| Zhouning
|
莓薺
|
| Fuding
|
莓薺
|
| Matsu
|
莓薺
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
馬薺
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
馬薺
|
| Quanzhou
|
馬薺
|
| Jinjiang
|
馬薺
|
| Yongchun
|
馬薺
|
| Zhangzhou
|
田藕
|
| Zhangzhou (Longhai)
|
田薺仔
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
田藕
|
| Pinghe
|
馬薺
|
| Zhangpu
|
田藕
|
| Yunxiao
|
錢蔥
|
| Zhao'an
|
錢蔥
|
| Dongshan
|
馬薺蔥
|
| Taipei
|
馬薺
|
| Taipei (Wanhua)
|
馬薺
|
| New Taipei (Tamsui)
|
馬薺
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
馬薺
|
| New Taipei (Pingxi)
|
馬薺
|
| Kaohsiung
|
馬薺
|
| Kaohsiung (Cijin)
|
馬薺
|
| Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
|
馬薺
|
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
|
馬薺
|
| Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
|
馬薺
|
| Yilan
|
馬薺
|
| Yilan (Toucheng)
|
馬薺
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
馬薺
|
| Taichung
|
馬薺
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
馬薺
|
| Tainan
|
馬薺
|
| Tainan (Anping)
|
馬薺
|
| Taitung
|
馬薺
|
| Hsinchu
|
馬薺
|
| Kinmen
|
馬薺
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
馬薺
|
| Penghu (Xiyu)
|
荸薺
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
馬蹄
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
馬薺, 錢蔥
|
| Longyan
|
田藕
|
| Datian
|
馬薺, 荸薺
|
| Chaozhou
|
錢蔥
|
| Raoping
|
錢蔥
|
| Shantou
|
錢蔥
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
錢蔥
|
| Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
錢蔥
|
| Jieyang
|
錢蔥
|
| Puning
|
錢蔥
|
| Haifeng
|
馬蹄
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
錢蔥
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
錢蔥
|
| Leizhou
|
馬蹄子
|
| Maoming (Xiadong, Dianbai)
|
薯菇
|
| Haikou
|
馬蹄子
|
| Qionghai
|
馬蹄子
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
尾梨
|
| Xianyou
|
尾梨
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
馬薺
|
| Sanming (Sanyuan)
|
馬薺
|
| Sanming (Shaxian)
|
馬薺
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
馬蹄
|
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
馬蹄
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
馬蹄
|
| Nanning (Shajing)
|
馬蹄
|
| Binyang (Xinqiao)
|
馬蹄
|
| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
荸薺
|
| Guilin (Chaoyang)
|
荸薺
|
| Guilin (Zhuyuan)
|
荸薺
|
| Yangshuo (Jima)
|
荸薺
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
荸薺, 地栗
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
地栗
|
| Suzhou
|
荸薺
|
| Wuxi
|
荸薺
|
| Changshu
|
荸薺
|
| Nantong (Haimen)
|
地栗
|
| Changzhou
|
荸薺
|
| Danyang
|
荸薺
|
| Nanjing (Gaochun)
|
薺則
|
| Hangzhou
|
荸薺
|
| Ningbo
|
蒲薺, 地栗
|
| Wenzhou
|
荸薺
|
| Jinhua
|
蒲薺
|
| Jinhua (Tangxi)
|
糖蒲薺
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
荸薺, 荸薺子, 慈姑子
|
| Xiangtan
|
慈姑子
|
| Loudi
|
慈姑子
|
| Shuangfeng
|
慈姑子
|
| Quanzhou
|
馬蹄
|
| Guanyang (Wenshi)
|
馬蹄
|