木薯

Chinese

		tree; wood	potato; yam
trad. (木薯)		木	薯
simp. #(木薯)		木	薯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ syu⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): mù-cṳ̿

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-shu³
    • Yale: mù-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhshuu
    • Palladius: мушу (mušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ syu⁴
    • Yale: muhk syùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ sy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ xu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² syː²¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mù-cṳ̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁴² t͡sy³³/

Noun

木薯

1. cassava (Manihot esculenta)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 木薯 (“cassava”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		木薯
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	木薯
	Taiwan	樹薯, 木薯
	Singapore	木薯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	木薯
	Hong Kong	木薯
	Dongguan	木薯
Hakka	Meixian	樹番薯
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	樹番薯
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	番鬼葛, 木薯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	樹薯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	樹薯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	樹薯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	樹薯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	樹薯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	樹薯
Northern Min	Jian'ou	木薯
Southern Min	Xiamen	樹薯
	Quanzhou	樹薯
	Jinjiang	樹薯
	Zhangzhou	樹薯, 樹葛
	Taipei	樹薯
	Kaohsiung	樹薯
	Penang (Hokkien)	樹薯
	Singapore (Hokkien)	樹薯
	Manila (Hokkien)	柴薯
	Wenchang	番葛
	Haikou	樹薯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	木薯

Derived terms

• 木薯粉