山芋
Chinese
mountain; hill | Colocasia antiquorum | ||
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trad. (山芋) | 山 | 芋 | |
simp. #(山芋) | 山 | 芋 |
Pronunciation
Noun
山芋
- (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Gan, Huizhou, dialectal Jin, Wu) sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
- (Yinchuan Mandarin) potato
- (literary or Wenzhounese) taro
- (Sichuanese) taro grown on dry land
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) Alocasia odora (elephant ear)
- Alternative name for 薯蕷/薯蓣 (shǔyù, “Chinese yam; Dioscorea polystachya”).
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 番薯 (“sweet potato”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 馬鈴薯 (“potato”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 芋頭 (“taro”) [map]
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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山 | 芋 |
やま Grade: 1 |
いも Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Alternative forms
Synonyms
- 自然薯, 自然生 (じねんじょ, jinenjo; じねんじょう, jinenjō)
- ヤマノイモ (yamanoimo)
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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