涼薯

Chinese

		cool; cold	potato; yam
trad. (涼薯)		涼	薯
simp. (凉薯)		凉	薯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liángshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴ syu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâng-chî / liâng-chû
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lian² xy⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liángshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liángshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: liang²-shu³
    • Yale: lyáng-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liangshuu
    • Palladius: ляншу (ljanšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁴ syu⁴
    • Yale: lèuhng syùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴ sy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴ xu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹ syː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâng-chî
    • Tâi-lô: liâng-tsî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liangcii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liaŋ²³⁻³³ t͡si²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâng-chû
    • Tâi-lô: liâng-tsû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liangzuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /liaŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: lian² xy⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯æn¹³ ɕy²¹⁻¹¹/

Noun

涼薯

1. (regional) jicama

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 豆薯 (“jicama”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		豆薯
Taxonomic name		豆薯
Mandarin	Beijing	涼薯
	Taiwan	豆薯
	Xi'an	地瓜
	Wuhan	地瓜
	Chengdu	地瓜兒, 地瓜
	Guiyang	地蘿蔔, 地瓜
	Liuzhou	涼薯, 葛薯
	Nanning (Wuming)	涼薯, 葛薯
	Yangzhou	地瓜
	Nanjing	地瓜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	沙葛
	Hong Kong	沙葛
	Taishan	沙葛
	Kaiping (Chikan)	番葛
	Dongguan	沙葛
	Nanning	葛薯
	Wuzhou	葛薯
	Yulin	草瓜薯
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	葛薯
Gan	Nanchang	地瓜
	Lichuan	地瓜
	Pingxiang	涼薯, 洋番薯
Hakka	Meixian	生葛, 沙葛, 黃葛仔
	Xingning	黃葛哩
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	沙葛
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	沙葛
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	沙葛
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	沙葛
	Huidong (Daling)	沙葛
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	沙葛
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	沙葛
	Boluo (Bendihua)	沙葛
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	菜葛
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	沙葛
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	沙葛
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	葛哎
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	葛哎
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	葛薯
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	沙葛, 葛薯
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	沙葛
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	葛瓜
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	葛薯
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	葛薯, 生食薯
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	沙葛
	Changting	葛瓜
	Wuping	葛瓜
	Wuping (Pingyu)	葛薯子
	Liancheng	葛
	Ninghua	好食葛
	Yudu	剝皮薯
	Ruijin	好食葛
	Shicheng	好食果子
	Shangyou (Shexi)	涼薯
Southern Min	Xiamen	番葛
	Quanzhou	葛薯
	Jinjiang	田薯
	Zhangzhou	香葛
	Taipei	葛薯
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	葛薯
	Kaohsiung	豆仔薯
	Yilan	葛薯
	Taichung	豆仔薯
	Tainan	豆仔薯
	Hsinchu	豆薯
	Kinmen	豆仔薯
	Penghu (Magong)	豆薯
	Penang (Hokkien)	芒光, 番葛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	芒光, 沙葛
	Shantou	芒光, 力孛
	Shantou (Chenghai)	芒光, 力孛
	Leizhou	葛薯
	Wenchang	葛薯
	Haikou	葛薯
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	番葛
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	涼薯, 膠枝蘿蔔
Wu	Suzhou	地瓜
Xiang	Changsha	涼薯
	Loudi	涼薯
	Jiangyong	涼薯