淮山藥

Chinese

		name of a river	Chinese yam; sweet potato
trad. (淮山藥)		淮	山藥
simp. (淮山药)		淮	山药

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huáishānyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄕㄢ ㄧㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huáishānyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄕㄢ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huáishanyào
    • Wade–Giles: huai²-shan¹-yao⁴
    • Yale: hwái-shān-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwaishanyaw
    • Palladius: хуайшаньяо (xuajšanʹjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯aɪ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

淮山藥

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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	山藥
	Taiwan	山藥
	Harbin	山藥
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	山藥
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	山藥
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	山藥, 懷山藥, 鐵棍兒山藥
	Wanrong	山藥
	Zhengzhou	山藥
	Xi'an	山藥
	Xining	山藥
	Xuzhou	山藥
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	山藥
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	山藥
	Wuhan	山藥
	Guiyang	山藥
	Liuzhou	淮山
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	山藥
	Yangzhou	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	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	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

See also

• 懷山藥／怀山药
• 淮山 (huáishān)