淮山

Chinese

		name of a river	mountain; hill
simp. and trad. (淮山)		淮	山

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huáishān

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): waai⁴ saan¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): vai³ san¹

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fai² san¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoâi-san / hoâi-soaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huáishān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huáishan
    • Wade–Giles: huai²-shan¹
    • Yale: hwái-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwaishan
    • Palladius: хуайшань (xuajšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯aɪ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waai⁴ saan¹
    • Yale: wàaih sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waai⁴ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wai⁴ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːi̯²¹ saːn⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: vai³ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vai²² san³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fai² san¹
    • Sinological IPA: /faɪ¹¹ san⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoâi-san / hoâi-soaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: huâi-san / huâi-suann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaisafn, hoaisvoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huai²⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/, /huai²⁴⁻²² suã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huai²⁴⁻²² san³³/, /huai²⁴⁻²² suã³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huai¹³⁻²² san⁴⁴/, /huai¹³⁻²² suã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huai²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁴⁴/, /huai²⁴⁻¹¹ suã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huai²³⁻³³ san⁴⁴/, /huai²³⁻³³ suã⁴⁴/

Noun

淮山

1. Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 薯蕷 (“Chinese yam”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		薯蕷
Taxonomic name		薯蕷
Mandarin	Beijing	山藥
	Taiwan	山藥
	Harbin	山藥
	Yantai (Muping)	山藥
	Jinan	山藥
	Luoyang	山藥, 懷山藥, 鐵棍兒山藥
	Wanrong	山藥
	Zhengzhou	山藥
	Xi'an	山藥
	Xining	山藥
	Ürümqi	山藥
	Wuhan	山藥
	Chengdu	山藥
	Guiyang	山藥
	Liuzhou	淮山
	Xuzhou	山藥
	Yangzhou	山藥
	Nanjing	山藥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	淮山
	Hong Kong	淮山
	Taishan	淮山
	Dongguan	淮山
Gan	Pengze	山藥
Hakka	Meixian	淮山
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	山藥, 淮山
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	山藥, 淮山
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	山藥, 淮山
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	山藥, 淮山
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	山藥, 淮山
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	山藥, 淮山
Jin	Taiyuan	長山藥
Northern Min	Jian'ou	薯蕷, 薯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	薯
Southern Min	Tainan	淮山
	Haikou	山薯
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	淮山
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	山薯, 淮山
Northern Pinghua	Lingchuan (Shuangzhou)	山藥
Wu	Shanghai	山藥
	Shanghai (Chongming)	山藥
	Suzhou	山藥
	Danyang	山藥
	Hangzhou	山藥
	Ningbo	山艿
Xiang	Changsha	山藥薯