番芋

Chinese

		(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name	Colocasia antiquorum
trad. (番芋)		番	芋
simp. #(番芋)		番	芋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fānyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ wu⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoan-ō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fānyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fanyù
    • Wade–Giles: fan¹-yü⁴
    • Yale: fān-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanyuh
    • Palladius: фаньюй (fanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan¹ wu⁶
    • Yale: fāan wuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ wu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ wu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ wuː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-ō͘
    • Tâi-lô: huan-ōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoan'o
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² ɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³ ɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² ɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔ³³/

Noun

番芋

1. sweet potato
2. (Southern Min) Chinese taro (Alocasia cucullata)

Synonyms

• (sweet potato):

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		薯, 藷, 藷藇, 薯蕷, 薯藥, 山藷, 金薯, 玉枕薯
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		甘薯
Taxonomic name		甘薯
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	白薯, 紅薯
	Taiwan	地瓜, 番薯
	Chengde	紅薯
	Ulanhot	地瓜
	Tongliao	地瓜
	Chifeng	紅薯, 地瓜
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	地瓜
	Heihe	地瓜
	Qiqihar	地瓜
	Harbin	地瓜
	Jiamusi	地瓜
	Baicheng	地瓜
	Changchun	地瓜
	Tonghua	地瓜
	Shenyang	地瓜
	Jinzhou	紅薯, 地瓜
	Malaysia	番薯
	Singapore	番薯
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	山芋, 山藥
	Tangshan	白薯
	Cangzhou	紅薯, 山芋
	Baoding	山藥
	Shijiazhuang	山藥
	Lijin	地瓜
	Jinan	地瓜
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	地瓜
	Dandong	地瓜
	Yantai	地瓜
	Yantai (Muping)	地瓜
	Qingdao	地瓜
	Zhucheng	地瓜
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	苕, 紅薯
	Lingbao	紅薯
	Jining	地瓜, 芋頭
	Wanrong	紅薯
	Linfen	紅薯
	Shangqiu	紅薯
	Yuanyang	白薯, 紅薯
	Zhengzhou	紅薯
	Xinyang	紅薯
	Xi'an	紅苕, 紅芋
	Baoji	紅薯, 紅苕, 紅芋
	Tianshui	紅苕
	Xining	紅薯
	Xuzhou	白芋, 紅芋, 地瓜, 山芋
	Fuyang	紅芋
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	紅苕
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	紅苕
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	紅薯, 山芋
	Lanzhou	紅苕, 紅薯, 白薯
	Hami	紅薯
	Ürümqi	紅薯, 紅苕
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	紅苕, 番苕
	Nanchong	紅苕
	Dazhou	紅苕
	Hanyuan	紅苕
	Xichang	紅苕
	Zigong	紅苕
	Chongqing	紅苕
	Wuhan	苕, 紅苕, 地瓜
	Yichang	白薯, 紅薯, 地瓜
	Xiangyang	紅薯
	Tianmen	苕
	Guiyang	飯薯, 紅薯
	Zunyi	紅苕, 地蘿蔔
	Bijie	紅苕
	Liping	薯子
	Zhaotong	山藥
	Dali	紅薯, 土瓜, 山藥
	Kunming	白薯, 紅薯, 山藥
	Mengzi	白薯, 山藥
	Guilin	紅薯
	Liuzhou	紅薯
	Nanning (Wuming)	番薯
	Jishou	紅薯
	Changde	紅薯
	Hanzhong	紅薯, 紅苕
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	山芋
	Yangzhou	山芋
	Lianyungang	地瓜, 山芋
	Lianshui	山芋
	Nantong	番芋
	Anqing	紅薯, 山芋
	Wuhu	山芋
	Hefei	山芋, 芋頭
	Huanggang	甘薯
	Hong'an	紅芋, 紅苕, 苕
Cantonese	Guangzhou	番薯
	Hong Kong	番薯
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	葛薯
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	番薯, 葛薯
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	番薯
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	番薯
	Macau	番薯
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	番薯
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	番薯
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	番薯
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	番薯
	Foshan	番薯
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	番薯
	Foshan (Shunde)	番薯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	番薯
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	番薯
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	番薯
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	番薯
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	番薯
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	番薯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	番薯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	番薯
	Taishan	番薯
	Kaiping (Chikan)	番薯
	Enping (Niujiang)	番薯
	Heshan (Yayao)	紅薯
	Dongguan	番薯
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	番薯
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	番薯
	Shaoguan	番薯
	Yunfu	番薯
	Yangjiang	番薯
	Xinyi	番薯
	Lianjiang	番薯
	Nanning	番薯
	Wuzhou	番薯
	Yulin	番薯
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	番薯
	Danzhou	薯
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	番薯
	Singapore (Guangfu)	番薯
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	番薯
Gan	Nanchang	蘿蔔薯, 薯
	Pengze	白薯
	Lichuan	番薯
	Pingxiang	番薯
Hakka	Meixian	番薯
	Xingning	番薯
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	番薯
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	番薯
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	番薯
	Huiyang	番薯
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	番薯
	Huidong (Daling)	番薯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	番薯
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	番薯
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	番薯, 紅薯
	Boluo (Bendihua)	番薯
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	番薯
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	番薯
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	番薯
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	番薯
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	番薯
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	番薯
	Wuhua (Changbu)	番薯
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	番薯
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	番薯, 紅薯
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	番薯
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	番薯
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	番薯
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	番薯
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	番薯
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	番薯
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	番薯
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	番薯
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	番薯
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	番薯
	Liannan	番薯
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	番薯
	Jiexi	番薯
	Luhe	番薯
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	番薯
	Changting	番薯
	Wuping	番薯
	Wuping (Yanqian)	番薯
	Wuping (Pingyu)	番薯
	Liancheng	番薯
	Ninghua	番薯, 窩薯
	Yudu	番薯, 薯子
	Ningdu	番薯
	Ruijin	番薯
	Shicheng	番薯
	Shangyou (Shexi)	番薯
	Tonggu (Sandu)	番薯
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	番薯
	Dayu	番薯哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	番薯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	番薯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	番薯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	番薯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	番薯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	番薯
	Hong Kong	番薯
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	番薯
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	番薯
	Xinyi (Sihe)	番薯
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	番薯
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	番薯
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	番薯
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	番薯
Lianjiang (Shijiao)	番薯
Lianjiang (Qingping)	番薯
Mengshan (Xihe)	番薯
Luchuan	番薯
Luchuan (Daqiao)	紅番薯, 紅薯
Sabah (Longchuan)	番薯
Senai (Huiyang)	番薯
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	番薯
Singkawang	番薯
Huizhou	Jixi	飯芋, 山芋
	Shexian	山芋
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	紅薯
	Xiuning	山芋, 紅薯
	Yixian	白番苕
	Qimen	紅薯
	Wuyuan	番薯
	Fuliang	紅薯
	Dexing	番薯
	Jingde	番薯
	Shitai (Xianyu)	薯薯兒
Jin	Taiyuan	紅薯
	Pingyao	紅薯
	Yangyuan	白薯, 紅薯
	Datong	紅薯
	Xinzhou	紅薯
	Lüliang (Lishi)	紅薯
	Changzhi	紅薯
	Linhe	紅薯
	Jining	紅薯
	Hohhot	紅薯
	Erenhot	紅薯
	Pingshan	山藥
	Zhangjiakou	白薯, 紅薯
	Handan	白薯, 紅薯
	Linzhou	紅薯
	Suide	紅薯
Northern Min	Jian'ou	番薯
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	番薯
	Songxi	番薯
	Zhenghe	番薯
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	番薯
	Jianyang	番薯
	Wuyishan	番薯
	Pucheng (Shibei)	番薯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	番薯
	Fuzhou (Changle)	番薯
	Fuqing	番薯
	Yongtai	番薯
	Gutian	番薯
	Fu'an	番薯
	Ningde	番薯
	Shouning	番薯
	Zhouning	番薯
	Fuding	番薯
Southern Min	Xiamen	番薯
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	番薯
	Quanzhou	番薯
	Jinjiang	番薯
	Hui'an	番薯
	Anxi	番薯
	Yongchun	番薯
	Zhangzhou	番薯
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	番薯
	Hua'an	番薯
	Nanjing	番薯
	Yunxiao	番薯
	Zhao'an	番薯
	Dongshan	地瓜, 番薯
	Taipei	番薯
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	番薯
	Kaohsiung	番薯
	Yilan	番薯
	Changhua (Lukang)	番薯
	Taichung	番薯
	Taichung (Wuqi)	番薯
	Tainan	番薯
	Taitung	番薯
	Hsinchu	番薯
	Kinmen	番薯
	Penghu (Magong)	番薯
	Penang (Hokkien)	番薯
	Singapore (Hokkien)	番薯
	Manila (Hokkien)	番薯
	Zhangping	番薯
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	番薯
	Datian	番薯
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	番薯, 紅薯
	Chaozhou	番薯, 番葛
	Shantou	番薯, 番葛
	Shantou (Chenghai)	番薯, 番葛
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	番薯, 番葛
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	番薯
	Jieyang	番薯, 番葛
	Haifeng	番薯
	Bangkok (Teochew)	番薯, 番葛
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	番薯
	Singapore (Teochew)	番薯
	Batam (Teochew)	番薯
	Leizhou	番薯, 薯
	Wenchang	番薯
	Haikou	番薯, 番葛
	Qionghai	番薯
	Tunchang	番葛
	Singapore (Hainanese)	番薯
Puxian Min	Putian	番薯
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	番薯
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	番薯
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	番薯
	Xianyou	番薯
	Xianyou (Fengting)	番薯
	Xianyou (Youyang)	番薯
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	番薯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	番薯
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	紅薯
Shehua	Fu'an	番薯
	Fuding	番薯
	Luoyuan	番薯
	Sanming	番薯
	Shunchang	番薯
	Hua'an	番薯
	Guixi (Zhangping)	番薯
	Cangnan	番薯
	Jingning (Hexi)	番薯
	Lishui	番薯
	Longyou	番薯
	Chaozhou	番薯
	Fengshun	番薯
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	白苕, 苕
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	苕
Wu	Shanghai	山芋
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	山芋
	Shanghai (Chongming)	番芋
	Suzhou	山芋, 山薯
	Wuxi	山芋
	Danyang	山芋
	Hangzhou	番芋, 番薯
	Ningbo	番薯
	Wenzhou	番薯
	Jinhua	番芋
Xiang	Changsha	紅薯
	Xiangtan	紅薯
	Loudi	紅薯
	Shuangfeng	紅薯
	Quanzhou	紅薯, 外國薯
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	紅薯
Yuebei Tuhua	Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)	黃薯
	Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)	薯哩
	Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)	番薯
	Renhua (Zhoutian)	薯哩
	Renhua (Shitang)	番薯
	Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)	番薯
	Lechang (Changlai)	番薯
	Lechang (Beixiang)	番薯
	Lechang (Huangpu)	紅薯
	Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)	紅薯
	Lechang (Sanxi)	紅薯

Dialectal synonyms of 番薯 (“sweet potato”) [map]