番葛

Chinese

		(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name	coarse grass linen
trad. (番葛)		番	葛
simp. ^#(番葛)		番	葛

Pronunciation

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hoan-koah / hong-koah

(Teochew, Peng'im): huang¹ guah⁴ / huêng¹ guah⁴

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-koah
  - Tâi-lô: huan-kuah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoankoaq
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³ kuaʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² kuaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-koah
  - Tâi-lô: hong-kuah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hongkoaq
  - IPA (Penang): /hɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kuaʔ³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huang¹ guah⁴ / huêng¹ guah⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huang kuah / hueng kuah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ³³⁻²³ kuaʔ²/, /hueŋ³³⁻²³ kuaʔ²/

Note:

huang1 guah4 - Shantou, Jieyang;
huêng1 guah4 - Chaozhou.

Noun

番葛

(Kaiping Cantonese, Xiamen and Penang Hokkien, Zhongshan Min) jicama
(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) agave
(Teochew, Haikou and Tunchang Hainanese) sweet potato
(Wenchang Hainanese) cassava

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 豆薯 (“jicama”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		豆薯
Taxonomic name		豆薯
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	涼薯
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	豆薯
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	地瓜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	地瓜兒, 地瓜
	Wuhan	地瓜
	Guiyang	地蘿蔔, 地瓜
	Liuzhou	涼薯, 葛薯
	Nanning (Wuming)	涼薯, 葛薯
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	地瓜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	地瓜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	沙葛
	Hong Kong	沙葛
	Taishan	沙葛
	Kaiping (Chikan)	番葛
	Dongguan	沙葛
	Nanning	葛薯
	Wuzhou	葛薯
	Yulin	草瓜薯
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	葛薯
Gan	Nanchang	地瓜
	Lichuan	地瓜
	Pingxiang	涼薯, 洋番薯
Hakka	Meixian	生葛, 沙葛, 黃葛仔
	Xingning	黃葛哩
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	沙葛
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	沙葛
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	沙葛
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	沙葛
	Huidong (Daling)	沙葛
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	沙葛
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	沙葛
	Boluo (Bendihua)	沙葛
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	菜葛
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	沙葛
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	沙葛
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	葛哎
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	葛哎
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	葛薯
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	沙葛, 葛薯
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	沙葛
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	葛瓜
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	葛薯
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	葛薯, 生食薯
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	沙葛
	Changting	葛瓜
	Wuping	葛瓜
	Wuping (Pingyu)	葛薯子
	Liancheng	葛
	Ninghua	好食葛
	Yudu	剝皮薯
	Ruijin	好食葛
	Shicheng	好食果子
	Shangyou (Shexi)	涼薯
Southern Min	Xiamen	番葛
	Quanzhou	葛薯
	Jinjiang	田薯
	Zhangzhou	香葛
	Taipei	葛薯
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	葛薯
	Kaohsiung	豆仔薯
	Yilan	葛薯
	Taichung	豆仔薯
	Tainan	豆仔薯
	Hsinchu	豆薯
	Kinmen	豆仔薯
	Penghu (Magong)	豆薯
	Penang (Hokkien)	芒光, 番葛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	芒光, 沙葛
	Shantou	芒光, 力孛
	Shantou (Chenghai)	芒光, 力孛
	Leizhou	葛薯
	Wenchang	葛薯
	Haikou	葛薯
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	番葛
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	涼薯, 膠枝蘿蔔
Wu	Suzhou	地瓜
Xiang	Changsha	涼薯
Xiang	Loudi	涼薯
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	涼薯

Dialectal synonyms of 龍舌蘭 (“agave”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		龍舌蘭
Taxonomic name		龍舌蘭
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	龍舌蘭
Cantonese	Hong Kong	龍舌蘭
Southern Min	Xiamen	番仔蘆薈, 庵馬甲, 阿麻甲, 番葛
	Quanzhou	番葛
	Jinjiang	番葛
	Zhangzhou	番仔蘆薈, 番籃投
Wu	Shanghai	龍舌蘭

Dialectal synonyms of 番薯 (“sweet potato”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		薯, 藷, 藷藇, 薯蕷, 薯藥, 山藷, 金薯, 玉枕薯
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		甘薯
Taxonomic name		甘薯
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	白薯, 紅薯
	Taiwan	地瓜, 番薯
	Chengde	紅薯
	Ulanhot	地瓜
	Tongliao	地瓜
	Chifeng	紅薯, 地瓜
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	地瓜
	Heihe	地瓜
	Qiqihar	地瓜
	Harbin	地瓜
	Jiamusi	地瓜
	Baicheng	地瓜
	Changchun	地瓜
	Tonghua	地瓜
	Shenyang	地瓜
	Jinzhou	紅薯, 地瓜
	Malaysia	番薯
	Singapore	番薯
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	山芋, 山藥
	Tangshan	白薯
	Cangzhou	紅薯, 山芋
	Baoding	山藥
	Shijiazhuang	山藥
	Lijin	地瓜
	Jinan	地瓜
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	地瓜
	Dandong	地瓜
	Yantai	地瓜
	Yantai (Muping)	地瓜
	Qingdao	地瓜
	Zhucheng	地瓜
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	苕, 紅薯
	Lingbao	紅薯
	Jining	地瓜, 芋頭
	Wanrong	紅薯
	Linfen	紅薯
	Shangqiu	紅薯
	Yuanyang	白薯, 紅薯
	Zhengzhou	紅薯
	Xinyang	紅薯
	Xi'an	紅苕, 紅芋
	Baoji	紅薯, 紅苕, 紅芋
	Tianshui	紅苕
	Xining	紅薯
	Xuzhou	白芋, 紅芋, 地瓜, 山芋
	Fuyang	紅芋
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	紅苕
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	紅苕
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	紅薯, 山芋
	Lanzhou	紅苕, 紅薯, 白薯
	Hami	紅薯
	Ürümqi	紅薯, 紅苕
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	紅苕, 番苕
	Nanchong	紅苕
	Dazhou	紅苕
	Hanyuan	紅苕
	Xichang	紅苕
	Zigong	紅苕
	Chongqing	紅苕
	Wuhan	苕, 紅苕, 地瓜
	Yichang	白薯, 紅薯, 地瓜
	Xiangyang	紅薯
	Tianmen	苕
	Guiyang	飯薯, 紅薯
	Zunyi	紅苕, 地蘿蔔
	Bijie	紅苕
	Liping	薯子
	Zhaotong	山藥
	Dali	紅薯, 土瓜, 山藥
	Kunming	白薯, 紅薯, 山藥
	Mengzi	白薯, 山藥
	Guilin	紅薯
	Liuzhou	紅薯
	Nanning (Wuming)	番薯
	Jishou	紅薯
	Changde	紅薯
	Hanzhong	紅薯, 紅苕
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	山芋
	Yangzhou	山芋
	Lianyungang	地瓜, 山芋
	Lianshui	山芋
	Nantong	番芋
	Anqing	紅薯, 山芋
	Wuhu	山芋
	Hefei	山芋, 芋頭
	Huanggang	甘薯
	Hong'an	紅芋, 紅苕, 苕
Cantonese	Guangzhou	番薯
	Hong Kong	番薯
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	葛薯
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	番薯, 葛薯
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	番薯
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	番薯
	Macau	番薯
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	番薯
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	番薯
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	番薯
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	番薯
	Foshan	番薯
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	番薯
	Foshan (Shunde)	番薯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	番薯
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	番薯
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	番薯
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	番薯
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	番薯
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	番薯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	番薯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	番薯
	Taishan	番薯
	Kaiping (Chikan)	番薯
	Enping (Niujiang)	番薯
	Heshan (Yayao)	紅薯
	Dongguan	番薯
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	番薯
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	番薯
	Shaoguan	番薯
	Yunfu	番薯
	Yangjiang	番薯
	Xinyi	番薯
	Lianjiang	番薯
	Nanning	番薯
	Wuzhou	番薯
	Yulin	番薯
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	番薯
	Danzhou	薯
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	番薯
	Singapore (Guangfu)	番薯
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	番薯
Gan	Nanchang	蘿蔔薯, 薯
	Pengze	白薯
	Lichuan	番薯
	Pingxiang	番薯
Hakka	Meixian	番薯
	Xingning	番薯
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	番薯
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	番薯
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	番薯
	Huiyang	番薯
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	番薯
	Huidong (Daling)	番薯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	番薯
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	番薯
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	番薯, 紅薯
	Boluo (Bendihua)	番薯
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	番薯
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	番薯
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	番薯
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	番薯
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	番薯
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	番薯
	Wuhua (Changbu)	番薯
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	番薯
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	番薯, 紅薯
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	番薯
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	番薯
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	番薯
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	番薯
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	番薯
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	番薯
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	番薯
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	番薯
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	番薯
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	番薯
	Liannan	番薯
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	番薯
	Jiexi	番薯
	Luhe	番薯
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	番薯
	Changting	番薯
	Wuping	番薯
	Wuping (Yanqian)	番薯
	Wuping (Pingyu)	番薯
	Liancheng	番薯
	Ninghua	番薯, 窩薯
	Yudu	番薯, 薯子
	Ningdu	番薯
	Ruijin	番薯
	Shicheng	番薯
	Shangyou (Shexi)	番薯
	Tonggu (Sandu)	番薯
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	番薯
	Dayu	番薯哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	番薯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	番薯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	番薯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	番薯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	番薯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	番薯
	Hong Kong	番薯
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	番薯
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	番薯
	Xinyi (Sihe)	番薯
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	番薯
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	番薯
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	番薯
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	番薯
Lianjiang (Shijiao)	番薯
Lianjiang (Qingping)	番薯
Mengshan (Xihe)	番薯
Luchuan	番薯
Luchuan (Daqiao)	紅番薯, 紅薯
Sabah (Longchuan)	番薯
Senai (Huiyang)	番薯
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	番薯
Singkawang	番薯
Huizhou	Jixi	飯芋, 山芋
	Shexian	山芋
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	紅薯
	Xiuning	山芋, 紅薯
	Yixian	白番苕
	Qimen	紅薯
	Wuyuan	番薯
	Fuliang	紅薯
	Dexing	番薯
	Jingde	番薯
	Shitai (Xianyu)	薯薯兒
Jin	Taiyuan	紅薯
	Pingyao	紅薯
	Yangyuan	白薯, 紅薯
	Datong	紅薯
	Xinzhou	紅薯
	Lüliang (Lishi)	紅薯
	Changzhi	紅薯
	Linhe	紅薯
	Jining	紅薯
	Hohhot	紅薯
	Erenhot	紅薯
	Pingshan	山藥
	Zhangjiakou	白薯, 紅薯
	Handan	白薯, 紅薯
	Linzhou	紅薯
	Suide	紅薯
Northern Min	Jian'ou	番薯
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	番薯
	Songxi	番薯
	Zhenghe	番薯
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	番薯
	Jianyang	番薯
	Wuyishan	番薯
	Pucheng (Shibei)	番薯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	番薯
	Fuzhou (Changle)	番薯
	Fuqing	番薯
	Yongtai	番薯
	Gutian	番薯
	Fu'an	番薯
	Ningde	番薯
	Shouning	番薯
	Zhouning	番薯
	Fuding	番薯
Southern Min	Xiamen	番薯
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	番薯
	Quanzhou	番薯
	Jinjiang	番薯
	Hui'an	番薯
	Anxi	番薯
	Yongchun	番薯
	Zhangzhou	番薯
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	番薯
	Hua'an	番薯
	Nanjing	番薯
	Yunxiao	番薯
	Zhao'an	番薯
	Dongshan	地瓜, 番薯
	Taipei	番薯
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	番薯
	Kaohsiung	番薯
	Yilan	番薯
	Changhua (Lukang)	番薯
	Taichung	番薯
	Taichung (Wuqi)	番薯
	Tainan	番薯
	Taitung	番薯
	Hsinchu	番薯
	Kinmen	番薯
	Penghu (Magong)	番薯
	Penang (Hokkien)	番薯
	Singapore (Hokkien)	番薯
	Manila (Hokkien)	番薯
	Zhangping	番薯
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	番薯
	Datian	番薯
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	番薯, 紅薯
	Chaozhou	番薯, 番葛
	Shantou	番薯, 番葛
	Shantou (Chenghai)	番薯, 番葛
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	番薯, 番葛
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	番薯
	Jieyang	番薯, 番葛
	Haifeng	番薯
	Bangkok (Teochew)	番薯, 番葛
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	番薯
	Singapore (Teochew)	番薯
	Batam (Teochew)	番薯
	Leizhou	番薯, 薯
	Wenchang	番薯
	Haikou	番薯, 番葛
	Qionghai	番薯
	Tunchang	番葛
	Singapore (Hainanese)	番薯
Puxian Min	Xianyou	番薯
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	番薯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	番薯
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	紅薯
Shehua	Fu'an	番薯
	Fuding	番薯
	Luoyuan	番薯
	Sanming	番薯
	Shunchang	番薯
	Hua'an	番薯
	Guixi (Zhangping)	番薯
	Cangnan	番薯
	Jingning (Hexi)	番薯
	Lishui	番薯
	Longyou	番薯
	Chaozhou	番薯
	Fengshun	番薯
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	白苕, 苕
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	苕
Wu	Shanghai	山芋
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	山芋
	Shanghai (Chongming)	番芋
	Suzhou	山芋, 山薯
	Wuxi	山芋
	Danyang	山芋
	Hangzhou	番芋, 番薯
	Ningbo	番薯
	Wenzhou	番薯
	Jinhua	番芋
Xiang	Changsha	紅薯
	Xiangtan	紅薯
	Loudi	紅薯
	Shuangfeng	紅薯
	Quanzhou	紅薯, 外國薯
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	紅薯
Yuebei Tuhua	Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)	黃薯
	Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)	薯哩
	Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)	番薯
	Renhua (Zhoutian)	薯哩
	Renhua (Shitang)	番薯
	Renhua (Songwei, Guitou)	番薯
	Lechang (Changlai)	番薯
	Lechang (Beixiang)	番薯
	Lechang (Huangpu)	紅薯
	Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)	紅薯
	Lechang (Sanxi)	紅薯

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