From 鳧茈 (MC bju dzje). According to the Compendium of Materia Medica:
Alternatively, it may be derived from 脖臍 (MC bwot dzej, “navel”), perhaps because its corm resembles a navel or because its stolon resembles an umbilical cord (Wei, 2004).
荸薺
- Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)
Dialectal synonyms of
荸薺 (“Chinese water chestnut”)
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| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
芍, 鳧茈, 鳧茨, 烏芋
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
荸薺
|
| Taxonomic name
|
荸薺
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
荸薺
|
| Taiwan
|
荸薺
|
| Chengde
|
荸薺
|
| Chifeng
|
地梨兒
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
荸薺
|
| Heihe
|
地梨
|
| Qiqihar
|
地梨
|
| Harbin
|
荸薺
|
| Baicheng
|
地梨
|
| Tonghua
|
地梨
|
| Shenyang
|
荸薺
|
| Jinzhou
|
荸薺
|
| Singapore
|
馬蹄
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
荸薺
|
| Tangshan
|
荸薺
|
| Cangzhou
|
荸薺, 地梨兒
|
| Baoding
|
荸薺, 地梨兒
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
荸薺
|
| Lijin
|
荸薺
|
| Jinan
|
荸薺
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Dalian
|
荸薺
|
| Dandong
|
荸薺
|
| Yantai
|
地梨兒
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
地梨兒
|
| Qingdao
|
地薺
|
| Zhucheng
|
地薺
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
荸薺
|
| Lingbao
|
荸薺
|
| Jining
|
荸薺
|
| Linfen
|
地梨兒
|
| Shangqiu
|
荸薺
|
| Yuanyang
|
荸薺
|
| Zhengzhou
|
荸薺
|
| Xinyang
|
地梨兒
|
| Baihe
|
荸薺
|
| Xi'an
|
荸薺
|
| Baoji
|
荸薺
|
| Tianshui
|
荸薺
|
| Xining
|
荸薺
|
| Xuzhou
|
荸薺
|
| Fuyang
|
荸薺, 地梨子
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
荸薺
|
| Lanzhou
|
荸薺
|
| Dunhuang
|
荸薺
|
| Hami
|
荸薺
|
| Ürümqi
|
荸薺
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
慈姑兒, 荸薺
|
| Nanchong
|
土菜瓜
|
| Dazhou
|
荸蒜兒
|
| Hanyuan
|
荸薺
|
| Xichang
|
荸薺
|
| Zigong
|
荸薺
|
| Chongqing
|
荸薺兒
|
| Wuhan
|
荸薺
|
| Yichang
|
荸球
|
| Xiangyang
|
荸薺
|
| Tianmen
|
荸薺
|
| Guiyang
|
荸薺
|
| Zunyi
|
荸薺
|
| Bijie
|
荸薺
|
| Liping
|
荸薺
|
| Zhaotong
|
荸薺
|
| Dali
|
荸薺
|
| Kunming
|
荸薺
|
| Mengzi
|
荸薺
|
| Guilin
|
馬蹄
|
| Guilin (Lingui)
|
馬蹄
|
| Liuzhou
|
馬蹄, 蒲薺, 蒲慈 dated
|
| Liuzhou (Luorong)
|
馬蹄
|
| Jishou
|
荸薺子
|
| Changde
|
薺米
|
| Hanzhong
|
荸薺
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
荸薺
|
| Yangzhou
|
荸薺
|
| Lianyungang
|
荸薺
|
| Nantong
|
荸薺
|
| Wuhu
|
薺子
|
| Hefei
|
荸薺
|
| Huanggang
|
荸薺
|
| Hong'an
|
荸薺
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
馬蹄
|
| Hong Kong
|
馬蹄
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
馬蹄
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
馬蹄
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
馬蹄
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
馬蹄
|
| Macau
|
馬蹄
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
馬蹄
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
馬蹄
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
馬蹄
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
馬蹄
|
| Foshan
|
馬蹄
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
馬蹄
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
馬蹄
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
馬蹄
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
馬蹄
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
馬蹄
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
馬蹄
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
馬蹄
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
馬薺
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
馬薺
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
馬薺
|
| Taishan
|
馬薺
|
| Taishan (Guanghai)
|
馬薺
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
馬薺
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
馬薺
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
馬蹄
|
| Dongguan
|
田薺, 馬蹄
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
馬蹄
|
| Qingyuan
|
馬蹄
|
| Fogang
|
馬薺
|
| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
馬蹄
|
| Yangshan
|
馬蹄
|
| Lianshan (Butian)
|
馬蹄子
|
| Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
|
馬蹄
|
| Shaoguan
|
馬蹄
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
馬蹄
|
| Renhua
|
馬薺
|
| Lechang
|
馬蹄
|
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
馬蹄
|
| Sihui
|
馬蹄
|
| Guangning
|
馬蹄
|
| Deqing
|
馬蹄
|
| Huaiji
|
馬蹄
|
| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
馬蹄
|
| Yunfu
|
馬蹄
|
| Xinxing
|
馬蹄
|
| Luoding
|
馬蹄
|
| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
馬蹄
|
| Yangjiang
|
馬蹄子
|
| Xinyi
|
馬蹄子
|
| Maoming (Xinpo)
|
馬蹄
|
| Lianjiang
|
馬蹄子
|
| Nanning
|
馬蹄
|
| Wuzhou
|
馬蹄
|
| Yulin
|
馬蹄
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
馬蹄, 馬蹄子
|
| Hepu (Shatian)
|
馬蹄
|
| Guiping
|
馬蹄
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
馬蹄
|
| Guigang (Nanjiang)
|
馬蹄
|
| Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
馬蹄
|
| Baise
|
馬蹄
|
| Bobai
|
馬蹄
|
| Lingshan
|
荸薺
|
| Pubei
|
荸薺
|
| Qinzhou
|
馬蹄
|
| Beihai
|
馬蹄
|
| Beihai (Nankang)
|
馬蹄
|
| Beihai (Yingpan)
|
馬蹄子
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
馬蹄
|
| Ningming
|
馬蹄
|
| Hengzhou
|
馬蹄
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
馬蹄
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
馬蹄
|
| Penang (Guangfu)
|
馬蹄
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
馬蹄
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
馬蹄
|
| Móng Cái
|
馬蹄
|
| Mandalay (Taishan)
|
馬薺
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
荸救
|
| Lichuan
|
馬絲
|
| Pingxiang
|
慈姑
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
馬薺, 馬蹄
|
| Xingning
|
馬薺
|
| Dabu (Xihe)
|
馬薺
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
馬薺, 馬蹄
|
| Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
|
| Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
|
| Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
|
馬薺
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
馬薺, 馬蹄
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
馬薺
|
| Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
|
| Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
|
馬薺
|
| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
馬蹄
|
| Zengcheng (Zhengguo)
|
馬蹄
|
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
|
馬蹄
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
馬蹄
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
|
| Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
|
| Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
|
| Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
|
馬薺
|
| Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
|
馬薺
|
| Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
|
馬蹄薺
|
| Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
|
馬蹄
|
| Wengyuan
|
馬薺
|
| Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
|
馬薺
|
| Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
|
馬薺
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
馬蹄
|
| Liannan
|
馬蹄
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
馬薺
|
| Jiexi
|
馬薺
|
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
薺蔥
|
| Changting
|
馬薺
|
| Wuping
|
馬薺
|
| Wuping (Yanqian)
|
馬薺
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
馬薺
|
| Liancheng
|
馬薺
|
| Ninghua
|
馬薺
|
| Yudu
|
馬薺, 馬薺子
|
| Ningdu
|
馬薺子
|
| Ruijin
|
馬薺
|
| Shicheng
|
馬薺
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
荸薺
|
| Tonggu (Sandu)
|
馬薺
|
| Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
荸薺
|
| Dayu
|
荸薺
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
馬薺
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
馬薺
|
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
|
馬薯
|
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
|
馬薺
|
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
|
馬錢
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
馬薺
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
馬薺, 脆薯
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
馬薺
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
馬薺
|
| Hong Kong
|
馬蹄
|
| Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
馬蹄子
|
| Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
馬蹄子
|
| Xinyi (Sihe)
|
馬蹄
|
| Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
馬蹄
|
| Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
馬蹄
|
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
馬蹄
|
| Huazhou (Xin'an)
|
馬蹄子
|
| Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
馬蹄
|
| Lianjiang (Qingping)
|
蹄子
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
馬蹄
|
| Luchuan
|
馬蹄
|
| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
馬蹄
|
| Beiliu (Tang'an)
|
馬蹄
|
| Mashan (Pianlian)
|
馬薺
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
|
馬蹄
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
馬蹄
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
荸薺
|
| Shexian
|
荸薺
|
| Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
荸薺
|
| Xiuning
|
荸薺
|
| Yixian
|
荸薺
|
| Qimen
|
荸薺
|
| Wuyuan
|
蒲薺
|
| Chun'an (Qiandaohu)
|
荸薺
|
| Chun'an (Jiangjia)
|
荸薺
|
| Jiande (Meicheng)
|
荸薺
|
| Jiande (Shouchang)
|
地荸薺
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
荸薺
|
| Jining
|
地梨
|
| Hohhot
|
地梨兒
|
| Erenhot
|
地梨兒
|
| Pingshan
|
地梨兒
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
荸薺
|
| Suide
|
荸薺
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
莓薺
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
莓薺
|
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
莓薺, 網薺
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
蠓薺
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
莓薺
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
莓薺
|
| Fuqing
|
莓薺
|
| Yongtai
|
莓薺
|
| Gutian
|
莓薺
|
| Fu'an
|
薺栗
|
| Ningde
|
莓薺
|
| Shouning
|
水薺
|
| Zhouning
|
莓薺
|
| Fuding
|
莓薺
|
| Matsu
|
莓薺
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
馬薺
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
馬薺
|
| Quanzhou
|
馬薺
|
| Jinjiang
|
馬薺
|
| Yongchun
|
馬薺
|
| Zhangzhou
|
田藕
|
| Zhangzhou (Longhai)
|
田薺仔
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
田藕
|
| Pinghe
|
馬薺
|
| Zhangpu
|
田藕
|
| Yunxiao
|
錢蔥
|
| Zhao'an
|
錢蔥
|
| Dongshan
|
馬薺蔥
|
| Taipei
|
馬薺
|
| Taipei (Wanhua)
|
馬薺
|
| New Taipei (Tamsui)
|
馬薺
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
馬薺
|
| New Taipei (Pingxi)
|
馬薺
|
| Kaohsiung
|
馬薺
|
| Kaohsiung (Cijin)
|
馬薺
|
| Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
|
馬薺
|
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
|
馬薺
|
| Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
|
馬薺
|
| Yilan
|
馬薺
|
| Yilan (Toucheng)
|
馬薺
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
馬薺
|
| Taichung
|
馬薺
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
馬薺
|
| Tainan
|
馬薺
|
| Tainan (Anping)
|
馬薺
|
| Taitung
|
馬薺
|
| Hsinchu
|
馬薺
|
| Kinmen
|
馬薺
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
馬薺
|
| Penghu (Xiyu)
|
荸薺
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
馬蹄
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
馬薺, 錢蔥
|
| Longyan
|
田藕
|
| Datian
|
馬薺, 荸薺
|
| Chaozhou
|
錢蔥
|
| Raoping
|
錢蔥
|
| Shantou
|
錢蔥
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
錢蔥
|
| Jieyang
|
錢蔥
|
| Puning
|
錢蔥
|
| Haifeng
|
馬蹄
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
錢蔥
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
錢蔥
|
| Leizhou
|
馬蹄子
|
| Haikou
|
馬蹄子
|
| Qionghai
|
馬蹄子
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
莓薺
|
| Xianyou
|
莓薺
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
馬薺
|
| Sanming (Sanyuan)
|
馬薺
|
| Sanming (Shaxian)
|
馬薺
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
馬蹄
|
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
馬蹄
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
馬蹄
|
| Nanning (Shajing)
|
馬蹄
|
| Binyang (Xinqiao)
|
馬蹄
|
| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
荸薺
|
| Guilin (Chaoyang)
|
荸薺
|
| Guilin (Zhuyuan)
|
荸薺
|
| Yangshuo (Jima)
|
荸薺
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
荸薺, 地栗
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
地栗
|
| Suzhou
|
荸薺
|
| Wuxi
|
荸薺
|
| Danyang
|
荸薺
|
| Hangzhou
|
荸薺
|
| Ningbo
|
蒲薺, 地栗
|
| Wenzhou
|
荸薺
|
| Jinhua
|
蒲薺
|
| Jinhua (Tangxi)
|
糖蒲薺
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
荸薺, 荸薺子, 慈姑子
|
| Xiangtan
|
慈姑子
|
| Loudi
|
慈姑子
|
| Shuangfeng
|
慈姑子
|
| Quanzhou
|
馬蹄
|
| Guanyang (Wenshi)
|
馬蹄
|
