茈薑

Chinese

		Lithospermum officinale; water chestnut	ginger
trad. (茈薑)		茈	薑
simp. (茈姜)		茈	姜
alternative forms		子薑／子姜

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chíⁿ-kiuⁿ / chíⁿ-kioⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chíⁿ-kiuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsínn-kiunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvy'kviw
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sĩ⁵³⁻²⁴ kiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiũ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chíⁿ-kioⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsínn-kionn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvy'kvioy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɔ̃⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Tainan): /t͡sĩ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kiɔ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

茈薑

1. (Hokkien) young ginger

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 子薑 (“young ginger”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		子薑
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	薑包兒
	Guiyang	嫩薑, 子薑
	Liuzhou	子薑, 嫩薑
Cantonese	Guangzhou	子薑
	Dongguan	子薑
Gan	Pingxiang	子薑
Hakka	Meixian	子薑
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	嫩薑
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	嫩薑, 子薑
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	嫩薑
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	嫩薑
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	嫩薑
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	嫩薑
Northern Min	Jian'ou	嫩薑
Southern Min	Xiamen	茈薑
	Quanzhou	茈薑
	Jinjiang	水薑
	Zhangzhou	茈薑
	Taipei	茈薑
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	茈薑
	Kaohsiung	茈薑
	Yilan	水薑
	Changhua (Lukang)	水薑仔
	Taichung	茈薑
	Tainan	茈薑
	Hsinchu	茈薑
	Kinmen	茈薑
	Penghu (Magong)	茈薑
	Haikou	幼薑
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	子薑, 嫩薑
Wu	Shanghai	嫩薑, 伏薑
Xiang	Changsha	子薑, 紫芽薑
	Loudi	子薑