龍葵

Chinese

		dragon; imperial; surname	sunflower
trad. (龍葵)		龍	葵
simp. (龙葵)		龙	葵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóngkuí

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ kwai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóngkuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóngkuéi
    • Wade–Giles: lung²-kʻuei²
    • Yale: lúng-kwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longkwei
    • Palladius: лункуй (lunkuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴ kwai⁴
    • Yale: lùhng kwàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ kwai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ kuei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ kʷʰɐi̯²¹/

Noun

龍葵

1. black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 龍葵 (“black nightshade”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		龍葵
Taxonomic name		龍葵
Mandarin	Beijing	黑星星兒, 涼涼茄兒
	Taiwan	龍葵
	Harbin	黑星星
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	烏鈕草, 烏𪐞子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	烏鈕仔草, 烏𪐞子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	烏鈕草, 烏𪐞子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	烏鈕草, 烏姑草, 烏𪐞子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	烏鈕草, 烏鈕仔草, 烏𪐞子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	烏子菜, 烏點葵
Southern Min	Xiamen	烏點規, 五提茄, 七粒紐
	Taipei	烏子仔菜 GT, 烏子仔草 GT, 烏鬼仔菜 GT, 烏刺茄 GT, 烏仔菜 GT, 烏子茄 GT
	Tainan	烏甜仔菜
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)

Derived terms

• 龍葵素／龙葵素
• 龍葵菇／龙葵菇 (lóngkuígū)
• 龍葵鹼／龙葵碱