山藥
See also: 山药
Chinese
| mountain; hill | medicine; drug; cure | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 naming the 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
- Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya)
- (dialectal Mandarin) sweet potato
- (dialectal Mandarin, Jin) potato
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 薯蕷 (“Chinese yam”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 薯蕷 | |
| Taxonomic name | 薯蕷 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 山藥 |
| Taiwan | 山藥 | |
| Harbin | 山藥 | |
| Jinan | 山藥 | |
| Muping | 山藥 | |
| Luoyang | 山藥, 懷山藥, 鐵棍兒山藥 | |
| Wanrong | 山藥 | |
| Xi'an | 山藥 | |
| Zhengzhou | 山藥 | |
| Xining | 山藥 | |
| Xuzhou | 山藥 | |
| Ürümqi | 山藥 | |
| Wuhan | 山藥 | |
| Chengdu | 山藥 | |
| Guiyang | 山藥 | |
| Liuzhou | 淮山 | |
| Yangzhou | 山藥 | |
| Nanjing | 山藥 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 淮山 |
| Hong Kong | 淮山 | |
| Taishan | 淮山 | |
| Dongguan | 淮山 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 淮山 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 山藥, 淮山 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 山藥, 淮山 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 山藥, 淮山 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 山藥, 淮山 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 山藥, 淮山 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 山藥, 淮山 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 長山藥 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 薯蕷, 薯 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 薯 |
| Min Nan | Taipei | 淮山 |
| Kaohsiung | 淮山 | |
| Haikou | 山薯 | |
| Pinghua | Nanning | 山薯, 淮山 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 山藥 |
| Suzhou | 山藥 | |
| Hangzhou | 山藥 | |
| Chongming | 山藥 | |
| Danyang | 山藥 | |
| Ningbo | 山艿 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 山藥薯 |
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