烏𪐞子

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void		child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (烏𪐞子)		烏	𪐞	子
simp. (乌𪐞子)		乌	𪐞	子

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vû-tu-chṳ́

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vû-tu-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: vu^ˊ du zii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vu¹ du⁴ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /vu²⁴⁻¹¹ tu⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/

Noun

烏𪐞子

1. (Taiwanese Hakka) black nightshade (fruit)

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		龍葵
Taxonomic name		龍葵
Northeastern 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)

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