龍葵

Chinese

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

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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

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]

Derived terms

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