雞頭菱

Chinese

		chicken head; foxnut	Trapa natans; water caltrop
trad. (雞頭菱/鷄頭菱)		雞頭/鷄頭	菱
simp. (鸡头菱)		鸡头	菱

Pronunciation

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ji¹ dou lin²

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• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ji¹ dou lin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³³ təu̯³ lin¹³/

Noun

雞頭菱

1. (Xiang) seed of Euryale ferox (a seed used in traditional Chinese medicine)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 芡實 (“foxnut seed”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		芡實, 雞頭米
Central Plains Mandarin	Jining	雞斗米
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	雞頭蓮, 雞腦殼
	Zigong	雞腦殼
	Wuhan	雞頭包
	Tianmen	雞頭包
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	雞頭果
	Yangzhou	雞頭米子
	Lianshui	雞頭菱角
	Anqing	雞包頭
	Wuhu	雞頭果子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	茨實, 肇實
	Hong Kong	茨實, 肇實
Gan	Nanchang	雞頭蓮
	Lichuan	雞頭蓮
Huizhou	Jixi	雞頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	芡實, 雞頭米
	Quanzhou	芡實
	Tainan	芡實
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	肇實
Wu	Shanghai	雞頭
	Suzhou	雞頭, 芡實
Xiang	Changsha	雞頭菱, 芡實子, 雞頭蓮