山芋

Chinese
mountain; hill Colocasia antiquorum
simp. and trad.
(山芋)		 山 芋

Pronunciation

Noun

山芋

  1. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Gan, Huizhou, dialectal Jin, Wu) sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
  2. (Yinchuan) potato
  3. (literary or Wenzhou) taro
  4. (Sichuan) taro grown on dry land
  5. (Taiwanese Hokkien) Alocasia odora (elephant ear)
  6. Alternative name for 薯蕷／薯蓣 (shǔyù, “Chinese yam; Dioscorea polystachya”).

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 番薯 (“sweet potato”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 薯, 藷, 藷藇, 薯蕷, 薯藥, 山藷, 金薯, 玉枕薯
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 甘薯
Taxonomic name 甘薯
Mandarin Beijing 白薯
Taiwan 地瓜, 番薯
Tianjin 山芋, 山藥
Harbin 地瓜
Shenyang 地瓜
Hailar 地瓜
Ulanhot 地瓜
Tongliao 地瓜
Jinan 地瓜
Muping 地瓜
Luoyang 苕, 紅薯
Wanrong 紅薯
Xi'an 紅苕
Qingdao 地瓜
Zhengzhou 紅薯
Xining 紅薯
Xuzhou 白芋, 紅芋, 地瓜, 山芋
Yinchuan 紅薯
Lanzhou 紅苕, 紅薯
Ürümqi 紅薯
Wuhan 苕
Huanggang 甘薯
Chengdu 紅苕, 番苕
Guiyang 飯薯, 紅薯
Guilin 紅薯
Liuzhou 紅薯
Kunming 白薯, 山藥
Yangzhou 山芋
Nanjing 山芋
Hefei 山芋, 芋頭
Nantong 番芋
Malaysia 番薯
Singapore 番薯
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 紅苕
Cantonese Guangzhou 番薯
Hong Kong 番薯
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 葛薯
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 番薯, 葛薯
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 番薯
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 番薯
Macau 番薯
Panyu 番薯
Huadu (Huashan) 番薯
Conghua 番薯
Zengcheng 番薯
Foshan 番薯
Nanhai (Shatou) 番薯
Shunde 番薯
Sanshui 番薯
Gaoming (Mingcheng) 番薯
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 番薯
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 番薯
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 番薯
Doumen 番薯
Jiangmen (Baisha) 番薯
Xinhui 番薯
Taishan 番薯
Kaiping (Chikan) 番薯
Enping (Niujiang) 番薯
Heshan (Yayao) 紅薯
Dongguan 番薯
Bao'an (Shajing) 番薯
Dapeng 番薯
Shaoguan 番薯
Yunfu 番薯
Yangjiang 番薯
Xinyi 番薯
Lianjiang 番薯
Nanning 番薯
Wuzhou 番薯
Yulin 番薯
Hepu 番薯
Danzhou 薯
Kuala Lumpur 番薯
Ho Chi Minh City 番薯
Gan Nanchang 蘿蔔薯, 薯
Lichuan 番薯
Pingxiang 番薯
Hakka Meixian 番薯
Xingning 番薯
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 番薯
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) 番薯
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 番薯
Huiyang 番薯
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) 番薯
Huidong (Daling) 番薯
Dongguan (Qingxi) 番薯
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 番薯
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) 番薯, 紅薯
Boluo (Bendihua) 番薯
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 番薯
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 番薯
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 番薯
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 番薯
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 番薯
Wuhua (Huacheng) 番薯
Wuhua (Changbu) 番薯
Wuhua (Mianyang) 番薯
Heyuan (Bendihua) 番薯, 紅薯
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 番薯
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 番薯
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) 番薯
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 番薯
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) 番薯
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 番薯
Qujiang 番薯
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 番薯
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 番薯
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 番薯
Liannan 番薯
Conghua (Lütian) 番薯
Jiexi 番薯
Luchuan 番薯
Luchuan (Daqiao) 紅番薯, 紅薯
Changting 番薯
Pingyu 番薯
Wuping 番薯
Liancheng 番薯
Ninghua 番薯
Yudu 番薯, 薯子
Ruijin 番薯
Shicheng 番薯
Shangyou 番薯
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 番薯
Liudui (S. Sixian) 番薯
Hsinchu (Hailu) 番薯
Dongshi (Dabu) 番薯
Hsinchu (Raoping) 番薯
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 番薯
Hong Kong 番薯
Sabah (Longchuan) 番薯
Senai 番薯
Singkawang 番薯
Huizhou Jixi 飯芋, 山芋
Shexian 山芋
Tunxi 紅薯
Xiuning 山芋, 紅薯
Yixian 白番苕
Qimen 紅薯
Wuyuan 番薯
Fuliang 紅薯
Dexing 番薯
Jingde 番薯
Xianyu (formerly Zhanda) 薯薯兒
Jin Taiyuan 紅薯
Pingyao 紅薯
Xinzhou 紅薯
Hohhot 紅薯
Min Bei Jian'ou 番薯
Dikou 番薯
Songxi 番薯
Zhenghe 番薯
Zhenqian 番薯
Jianyang 番薯
Wuyishan 番薯
Shibei 番薯
Min Dong Fuzhou 番薯
Changle 番薯
Fuqing 番薯
Yongtai 番薯
Gutian 番薯
Fu'an 番薯
Ningde 番薯
Shouning 番薯
Zhouning 番薯
Fuding 番薯
Min Nan Xiamen 番薯
Quanzhou 番薯
Jinjiang 番薯
Hui'an 番薯
Anxi 番薯
Yongchun 番薯
Zhangzhou 番薯
Changtai 番薯
Hua'an 番薯
Nanjing 番薯
Yunxiao 番薯
Zhao'an 番薯
Dongshan 地瓜, 番薯
Taipei 番薯
Kaohsiung 番薯
Tainan 番薯
Taichung 番薯
Wuqi 番薯
Hsinchu 番薯
Taitung 番薯
Lukang 番薯
Sanxia 番薯
Yilan 番薯
Kinmen 番薯
Magong 番薯
Penang 番薯
Singapore 番薯
Philippines (Manila) 番薯
Zhangping 番薯
Zhangping (Yongfu) 番薯
Datian 番薯
Pingnan 番薯, 紅薯
Chaozhou 番薯, 番葛
Shantou 番薯, 番葛
Haifeng 番薯
Thailand (Bangkok) 番薯, 番葛
Johor Bahru 番薯
Wenchang 番薯
Haikou 番葛
Leizhou 番薯, 薯
Puxian Min Xianyou 番薯
Pinghua Nanning 番薯
Guilin 紅薯
Shehua Fu'an 番薯
Fuding 番薯
Luoyuan 番薯
Sanming 番薯
Shunchang 番薯
Hua'an 番薯
Guixi 番薯
Cangnan 番薯
Jingning 番薯
Lishui 番薯
Longyou 番薯
Chaozhou 番薯
Fengshun 番薯
Wu Shanghai 山芋
Suzhou 山芋, 山薯
Wuxi 山芋
Hangzhou 番芋, 番薯
Wenzhou 番薯
Chongming 番芋
Danyang 山芋
Jinhua 番芋
Ningbo 番薯
Xiang Changsha 紅薯
Shuangfeng 紅薯
Xiangtan 紅薯
Loudi 紅薯
Quanzhou 紅薯, 外國薯
Dialectal synonyms of 馬鈴薯 (“potato”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 馬鈴薯
Taxonomic name 馬鈴薯
Mandarin Beijing 土豆兒, 山藥蛋 dated
Taiwan 馬鈴薯, 洋芋
Tianjin 山藥豆兒, 山藥
Harbin 土豆兒, 土豆子, 地豆兒, 地豆子, 山豆兒
Shenyang 土豆兒
Hailar 土豆
Ulanhot 土豆
Tongliao 土豆
Chifeng 馬鈴薯
Bayanhot 山藥蛋, 山藥
Jinan 地蛋, 土豆兒
Muping 地蛋子, 地豆子
Luoyang 洋芋, 山藥蛋兒, 土豆
Wanrong 洋芋子, 土豆
Xi'an 洋芋
Qingdao 土豆
Zhengzhou 土豆兒, 山藥蛋 suburbs
Xining 洋芋, 洋芋蛋蛋
Xuzhou 土豆兒, 土豆子, 地豆子
Yinchuan 山芋, 山芋蛋
Lanzhou 洋芋
Ürümqi 洋芋
Wuhan 洋苕, 洋芋
Huanggang 土豆兒, 洋芋
Chengdu 洋芋
Guiyang 洋芋
Guilin 馬鈴薯
Liuzhou 馬鈴薯, 荷蘭薯
Kunming 洋芋, 山芋頭
Yangzhou 洋山芋
Nanjing 洋山芋, 土豆兒
Hefei 馬鈴薯, 洋山芋
Nantong 洋番芋
Malaysia 馬鈴薯
Singapore 馬鈴薯
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 洋芋
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 洋芋
Cantonese Guangzhou 薯仔, 荷蘭薯
Hong Kong 薯仔
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 荷蘭薯, 薯仔
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 薯仔, 荷蘭薯
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 荷蘭薯
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 薯仔
Macau 荷蘭薯
Panyu 薯仔, 荷蘭薯
Huadu (Huashan) 薯仔
Conghua 馬鈴薯
Zengcheng 薯仔
Foshan 薯仔, 荷蘭薯
Nanhai (Shatou) 荷蘭薯
Shunde 荷蘭薯
Sanshui 薯仔
Gaoming (Mingcheng) 薯仔
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 荷蘭薯
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 荷蘭薯
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 薯仔
Doumen 薯仔, 馬鈴薯
Jiangmen (Baisha) 馬鈴薯
Xinhui 馬鈴薯
Taishan 馬鈴薯, 薯仔
Kaiping (Chikan) 馬鈴薯
Enping (Niujiang) 馬鈴薯
Heshan (Yayao) 薯仔
Dongguan 薯仔, 荷蘭薯
Bao'an (Shajing) 荷蘭薯
Dapeng 薯仔
Shaoguan 荷蘭薯, 薯仔
Yunfu 冬薯
Yangjiang 馬鈴薯
Xinyi 荷蘭薯, 冬薯
Lianjiang 薯仔
Nanning 馬鈴薯
Wuzhou 馬鈴薯, 薯仔, 冬姑
Yulin 馬鈴薯, 地姑
Hepu 馬鈴薯
Danzhou 馬鈴薯
Kuala Lumpur 荷蘭薯
Ho Chi Minh City 薯仔
Gan Nanchang 洋芋頭, 土豆
Lichuan 土豆, 山藥薯
Pingxiang 洋芋仔
Hakka Meixian 馬鈴薯, 荷蘭薯
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 荷蘭薯, 馬鈴薯
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) 馬鈴薯
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 馬鈴薯
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) 馬鈴薯
Dongguan (Qingxi) 荷蘭薯
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 馬鈴薯
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) 馬鈴薯
Boluo (Bendihua) 馬鈴薯
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 薯仔
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 荷蘭薯, 馬鈴薯
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 荷蘭薯
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 荷蘭薯
Wuhua (Huacheng) 馬鈴薯
Wuhua (Changbu) 馬鈴薯
Heyuan (Bendihua) 馬鈴薯
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 馬鈴薯
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 鈴薯
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) 馬鈴薯
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 馬鈴薯
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) 馬鈴薯
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 馬鈴薯
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 馬鈴薯
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 馬鈴薯
Conghua (Lütian) 馬鈴薯
Luchuan (Daqiao) 馬鈴薯
Changting 洋芋子
Yudu 馬鈴薯
Ruijin 土豆
Shicheng 土豆
Shangyou 馬鈴薯
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 馬鈴薯
Liudui (S. Sixian) 馬鈴薯
Hsinchu (Hailu) 馬鈴薯
Dongshi (Dabu) 馬鈴薯
Hsinchu (Raoping) 馬鈴薯
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 馬鈴薯
Hong Kong 荷蘭薯, 薯仔
Sabah (Longchuan) 薯仔
Senai 荷蘭薯
Singkawang 蕳砃
Huizhou Jixi 洋芋, 洋芋頭
Shexian 洋芋頭, 洋山芋
Tunxi 馬鈴芋
Xiuning 馬鈴芋
Yixian 洋芋頭
Qimen 馬鈴薯
Wuyuan 芋頭, 馬鈴薯
Fuliang 洋芋頭
Dexing 馬鈴薯
Jin Taiyuan 山藥蛋
Pingyao 山藥蛋
Xinzhou 山藥, 山藥蛋
Baochang 山藥
Jining 山藥
Hohhot 山藥
Baotou 山藥
Dongsheng 山藥
Linhe 山藥
Haibowan 山藥蛋
Min Bei Jian'ou 馬鈴薯, 洋芋
Dikou 麥仔芋
Songxi 洋芋
Zhenghe 觀音芋
Zhenqian 芋仔
Jianyang 洋芋仔
Wuyishan 洋芋仔
Shibei 洋芋頭
Min Dong Fuzhou 番囝薯
Changle 番囝薯
Fuqing 番囝薯
Yongtai 番囝薯
Gutian 番囝薯
Fu'an 洋芋卵
Ningde 馬鈴薯
Shouning 芋卵囝
Zhouning 洋芋卵
Fuding 芋卵囝
Min Nan Xiamen 番仔番薯, 馬鈴薯
Tong'an 番仔番薯
Quanzhou 番仔番薯, 馬鈴薯
Dehua 番囝薯
Zhangzhou 番仔番薯, 馬鈴薯
Dongshan 番仔番薯, 馬鈴薯
Taipei 馬鈴薯
Kaohsiung 馬鈴薯
Tainan 馬鈴薯
Taichung 馬鈴薯
Wuqi 油薯
Hsinchu 馬鈴薯
Taitung 馬鈴薯
Lukang 馬鈴薯
Sanxia 馬鈴薯
Yilan 馬鈴薯
Kinmen 蕳砃, 蕳砃薯
Magong 馬鈴薯
Penang 蕳砃薯
Singapore 蕳砃, 荷蘭薯
Zhangping 番仔芋仔
Zhangping (Yongfu) 番仔芋仔
Pingnan 馬鈴薯
Chaozhou 馬鈴薯, 荷蘭薯
Shantou 蕳砃
Johor Bahru 蕳砃
Wenchang 馬鈴薯
Haikou 荷蘭薯
Puxian Min Putian 洋紅薯, 馬鈴薯
Pinghua Nanning 馬鈴薯
Wu Shanghai 洋山芋, 土豆
Suzhou 洋芋艿, 洋山芋, 洋山薯
Wuxi 洋芋頭, 洋山芋
Hangzhou 洋番薯, 洋番芋
Wenzhou 番人芋, 楊梅芋, 洋番薯, 洋芋
Chongming 洋芋艿
Danyang 洋山芋
Jinhua 洋芋
Ningbo 洋芋艿, 洋番薯, 紅毛番薯
Xiang Changsha 洋芋頭, 洋芋, 洋芋子
Shuangfeng 洋芋子
Xiangtan 洋芋頭
Loudi 洋芋
Quanzhou 洋芋頭
Dialectal synonyms of 芋頭 (“taro”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 芋
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 芋, 芋艿
Taxonomic name 芋
Mandarin Beijing 芋頭
Taiwan 芋頭
Harbin 芋頭
Jinan 芋頭
Muping 芋頭
Luoyang 芋頭
Xi'an 芋頭
Xuzhou 毛芋頭, 芋頭
Ürümqi 芋頭
Wuhan 芋頭
Chengdu 芋頭, 芋子
Guiyang 芋頭, 毛芋頭
Liuzhou 芋頭
Yangzhou 芋頭
Nanjing 芋頭
Nantong 芋頭
Cantonese Guangzhou 芋頭
Hong Kong 芋頭
Foshan 芋頭
Shunde 芋頭
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 芋頭
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 芋
Taishan 芋頭
Kaiping (Chikan) 芋頭
Dongguan 芋頭
Shaoguan 芋頭
Yunfu 芋頭
Xinyi 芋頭
Lianjiang 芋頭
Nanning 芋頭
Wuzhou 芋頭
Yulin 芋頭
Hepu 芋頭
Gan Nanchang 芋頭
Lichuan 芋, 芋頭
Pingxiang 芋頭
Hakka Meixian 芋仔, 芋頭
Yudu 芋子, 芋頭
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 芋仔, 芋頭
Liudui (S. Sixian) 芋仔, 芋頭
Hsinchu (Hailu) 芋仔, 芋頭
Dongshi (Dabu) 芋, 芋頭, 芋卵
Hsinchu (Raoping) 芋仔, 芋, 芋頭, 芋卵
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 芋, 芋卵
Huizhou Jixi 芋頭
Jin Taiyuan 芋頭
Min Bei Jian'ou 芋頭, 芋
Min Dong Fuzhou 芋
Min Nan Xiamen 芋
Quanzhou 芋
Zhangzhou 芋
Taipei 芋仔
Kaohsiung 芋仔
Tainan 芋仔
Taichung 芋仔
Hsinchu 芋仔
Lukang 芋仔
Sanxia 芋仔
Yilan 芋仔
Kinmen 芋
Magong 芋
Penang 芋
Chaozhou 芋
Haikou 芋
Leizhou 芋
Pinghua Nanning 芋, 芋頭
Wu Shanghai 芋艿
Suzhou 芋艿
Hangzhou 芋艿
Wenzhou 芋
Chongming 芋艿
Danyang 芋頭, 芋頭麻子, 芋頭子子, 芋頭婆婆
Jinhua 芋, 毛芋
Ningbo 芋艿
Xiang Changsha 芋頭, 芋子
Loudi 芋子

Derived terms

Japanese
山芋 (yamaimo): a variety of yamaimo for sale in a grocery.
Kanji in this term
山 芋
やま
Grade: 1		 いも
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) +‎ 芋 (imo, “tuber, potato”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

山芋 (hiragana やまいも, rōmaji yamaimo)

  1. Dioscorea japonica, a type of yam

Synonyms
  • 自然薯, 自然生 (じねんじょ, jinenjo; じねんじょう, jinenjō)
  • ヤマノイモ (yamanoimo)

See also
  • 焼 (や)き芋 (いも) (yakiimo): a roast yam

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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