荔芋

Chinese

			Colocasia antiquorum
trad. (荔芋)		荔	芋
simp. #(荔芋)		荔	芋

Etymology

Short for 荔浦芋.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁶ wu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìyù
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-yü⁴
    • Yale: lì-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihyuh
    • Palladius: лиюй (lijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lai⁶ wu⁶
    • Yale: laih wuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶ wu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶ wu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²² wuː²²/

Noun

荔芋

1. Lipu taro (a kind of areca taro cultivated in Lipu County, Guilin, Guangxi, China)

   • 可嘆現實係要一隻鴨加塊荔芋共我一起扎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     可叹现实系要一只鸭加块荔芋共我一起扎。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2001, 謝立文 (Brian Tse), 麥兜與雞 (theme song of My Life as McDull)

     ho² taan³ jin⁶ sat⁶ hai⁶ jiu³ jat¹ zek³ aap³ gaa¹ faai³ lai⁶ wu⁶ gung⁶ ngo⁵ jat¹ hei² zaat³. [Jyutping]

     Sadly, the reality is that a duck, plus a piece of Lipu taro, must be wrapped together with me.

Hypernyms

• 檳榔芋／槟榔芋 (“areca taro”)