紫薯

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	potato; yam
trad. (紫薯)		紫	薯
simp. #(紫薯)		紫	薯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² syu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐshǔ [Phonetic: zíshǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-shu³
    • Yale: dž-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyshuu
    • Palladius: цзышу (czyšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² syu⁴
    • Yale: jí syùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² sy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² xu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ syː²¹/

Noun

紫薯

1. purple sweet potato

See also

• 紅薯／红薯 (hóngshǔ)