芡實子

Chinese

		Euryale ferox; cornstarch	real; true; honest real; true; honest; really; solid	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (芡實子)		芡	實	子
simp. (芡实子)		芡	实	子

Pronunciation

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qienn⁴ shr⁶ zr

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• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: qienn⁴ shr⁶ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡ɕʰi̯ẽ⁴⁵ ʂʐ̩²⁴ t͡sz̩³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡ɕʰi̯ẽ⁴⁵ sz̩²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

芡實子

1. (Xiang) seed of Euryale ferox (a seed used in traditional Chinese medicine)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 芡實 (“foxnut seed”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		芡實, 雞頭米
Mandarin	Jining	雞斗米
	Wuhan	雞頭包
	Tianmen	雞頭包
	Chengdu	雞頭蓮, 雞腦殼
	Zigong	雞腦殼
	Anqing	雞包頭
	Wuhu	雞頭果子
	Yangzhou	雞頭米子
	Lianshui	雞頭菱角
	Nanjing	雞頭果
Cantonese	Guangzhou	茨實, 肇實
	Hong Kong	茨實, 肇實
Gan	Nanchang	雞頭蓮
	Lichuan	雞頭蓮
Huizhou	Jixi	雞頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	芡實, 雞頭米
	Quanzhou	芡實
	Tainan	芡實
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	肇實
Wu	Shanghai	雞頭
	Suzhou	雞頭, 芡實
Xiang	Changsha	雞頭菱, 芡實子, 雞頭蓮