山藥
See also: 山药
Chinese
mountain; hill | medicine; drug; cure | ||
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trad. (山藥) | 山 | 藥 | |
simp. (山药) | 山 | 药 |
Etymology
So named as it is produced in mountains and can be used as a medicine.
Folk etymology claims that 山藥 was renamed from 薯蕷/薯蓣 (shǔyù), to avoid the naming taboo of Emperor Daizong of Tang and Emperor Yingzong of Song; however, 山藥 has been in use since the Jin dynasty (265–420).
Pronunciation
Noun
山藥
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 薯蕷 (“Chinese yam”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 薯蕷 | |
Taxonomic name | 薯蕷 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 山藥 |
Taiwan | 山藥 | |
Harbin | 山藥 | |
Yantai (Muping) | 山藥 | |
Jinan | 山藥 | |
Luoyang | 山藥, 懷山藥, 鐵棍兒山藥 | |
Wanrong | 山藥 | |
Zhengzhou | 山藥 | |
Xi'an | 山藥 | |
Xining | 山藥 | |
Ürümqi | 山藥 | |
Wuhan | 山藥 | |
Chengdu | 山藥 | |
Guiyang | 山藥 | |
Liuzhou | 淮山 | |
Xuzhou | 山藥 | |
Yangzhou | 山藥 | |
Nanjing | 山藥 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 淮山 |
Hong Kong | 淮山 | |
Taishan | 淮山 | |
Dongguan | 淮山 | |
Gan | Pengze | 山藥 |
Hakka | Meixian | 淮山 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 山藥, 淮山 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 山藥, 淮山 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 山藥, 淮山 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 山藥, 淮山 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 山藥, 淮山 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 山藥, 淮山 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 長山藥 |
Northern Min | Jian'ou | 薯蕷, 薯 |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 薯 |
Southern Min | Tainan | 淮山 |
Haikou | 山薯 | |
Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 淮山 |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 山薯, 淮山 |
Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Shuangzhou) | 山藥 |
Wu | Shanghai | 山藥 |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 山藥 | |
Suzhou | 山藥 | |
Danyang | 山藥 | |
Hangzhou | 山藥 | |
Ningbo | 山艿 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 山藥薯 |
Dialectal synonyms of 番薯 (“sweet potato”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 馬鈴薯 (“potato”) [map]
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