黑星星

Chinese

		black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)	tiny spot; speck
simp. and trad. (黑星星)		黑	星星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hēixīngxing

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄟ ㄒㄧㄥ ˙ㄒㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēixīngxing
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ ㄒㄧㄥ ˙ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: heisingsi̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: hei¹-hsing¹-hsing⁵
    • Yale: hēi-syīng-sying
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heishing.shing
    • Palladius: хэйсинсин (xɛjsinsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēixīngxingr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ ㄒㄧㄥ ˙ㄒㄧㄥㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: heisingsi̊ngr
    • Wade–Giles: hei¹-hsing¹-hsing⁵-ʼrh
    • Yale: hēi-syīng-syingr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heishing.shiengl
    • Palladius: хэйсинсинр (xɛjsinsinr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕiɤ̯̃ɻ²/

Noun

黑星星

1. (dialectal) black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 龍葵 (“black nightshade”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		龍葵
Taxonomic name		龍葵
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	黑星星兒, 涼涼茄兒
	Taiwan	龍葵
	Harbin	黑星星
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	烏鈕草, 烏𪐞子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	烏鈕仔草, 烏𪐞子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	烏鈕草, 烏𪐞子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	烏鈕草, 烏姑草, 烏𪐞子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	烏鈕草, 烏鈕仔草, 烏𪐞子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	烏子菜, 烏點葵
Southern Min	Xiamen	烏點規, 五提茄, 七粒紐
	Taipei	烏子仔菜 GT, 烏子仔草 GT, 烏鬼仔菜 GT, 烏刺茄 GT, 烏仔菜 GT, 烏子茄 GT
	Tainan	烏甜仔菜
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)