番薯

Chinese

	(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name	potato; yam
trad. (番薯/番藷)	番	薯/藷
simp. (番薯)	番	薯
alt. forms	蕃薯蕃藷

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fānshǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢㄕㄨˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): faan¹ syu^4-2, faan¹ syu⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): fan¹ si^3*
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fân-sù

(Meixian, Guangdong): fan¹ su²
Min Dong (BUC): huăng-sṳ̀
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): han-chî / han-chû / hoan-chî / hoan-chû / han-chîr / an-chîr

(Teochew, Peng'im): huang¹ ze⁵ / huêng¹ ze⁵ / huang¹ zu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fānshǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢㄕㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanshuu
  - IPA ^(key): /fa̠n⁵⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan¹ syu^4-2, faan¹ syu⁴
  - Yale: fāan syú, fāan syùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ sy^4-2, faan¹ sy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ xu², fan¹ xu⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑːn⁵⁵ ɕyː²¹⁻³⁵/, /fɑːn⁵⁵ ɕyː²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: fan¹ si^3*
  - IPA ^(key): /fan³³ si²²⁻²²⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fân-sù
  - Hakka Romanization System: fan´ suˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fan¹ su²
  - IPA: /fan²⁴ su¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fan¹ su²
  - IPA: /fan⁴⁴⁻³⁵ su¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huăng-sṳ̀
  - IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵ ^(s-)ny⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: han-chî
  - Tâi-lô: han-tsî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hancii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /han⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕi²³/
  - IPA (Philippines): /han³³ t͡ɕi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: han-chû
  - Tâi-lô: han-tsû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hanzuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /han⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /han⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-chî
  - Tâi-lô: huan-tsî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoancii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-chû
  - Tâi-lô: huan-tsû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoanzuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: han-chîr
  - Tâi-lô: han-tsîr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /han³³ t͡sɯ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kinmen, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-chîr
  - Tâi-lô: an-tsîr
  - IPA (Kinmen): /an⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huang¹ ze⁵ / huêng¹ ze⁵ / huang¹ zu⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huang tsṳ̂ / hueng tsṳ̂ / huang tsû
  - IPA ^(key): /huaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵/, /hueŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵/, /huaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡su⁵⁵/

Note:

huang1 ze5 - Shantou;
huêng1 ze5 - Chaozhou;
huang1 zu5 - Chaoyang.

Noun

番薯

sweet potato

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 番薯 (“sweet potato”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
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	番薯、地瓜
	Tianjin	山芋、山藥
	Harbin	地瓜
	Shenyang	地瓜
	Hailar	地瓜
	Ulan Hot	地瓜
	Tongliao	地瓜
	Jinan	地瓜
	Muping	地瓜
	Luoyang	苕、紅薯
	Jiedian	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
Cantonese	Guangzhou	番薯
	Hong Kong	番薯
	Shunde	番薯
	Foshan	番薯
	Zhongshan	番薯
	Dongguan	番薯
	Hong Kong (Weitou)	葛薯
	Taishan	番薯
	Doumen	番薯
	Kaiping	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
Gan	Nanchang	蘿蔔薯、薯
	Lichuan	番薯
	Pingxiang	番薯
Hakka	Meixian	番薯
	Xingning	番薯
	Huidong	番薯
	Qujiang	番薯
	Xiaosanjiang	番薯
	Luchuan	紅番薯、紅薯、番薯
	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
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	番薯
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	番薯
	Hong Kong	番薯
	Sabah	番薯
	Senai	番薯
	Singkawang	番薯
Huizhou	Shexian	山芋
	Tunxi	紅薯
	Jixi	飯芋、山芋
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
	Zhangzhou	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
	Philippines (Manila)	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
Pinghua	Guilin	紅薯
Wu	Shanghai	山芋
	Suzhou	山芋、山薯
	Hangzhou	番芋
	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

Derived terms

番仔番薯
番薯丸
番薯椪餅／番薯椪饼

番薯粉
番薯葉／番薯叶

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English fans.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ syu^4-2

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan¹ syu^4-2
  - Yale: fāan syú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ sy^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ xu²
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑːn⁵⁵ ɕyː²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

番薯

(Cantonese, informal) fan (e.g. of music, movies, celebrities)

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