荔芋

Chinese

			Colocasia antiquorum
simp. and trad. (荔芋)		荔	芋

Etymology

Short for 荔浦芋.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìyù

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁶ wu⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lìyù
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄩˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihyiw
  - IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lai⁶ wu⁶
  - Yale: laih wuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶ wu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶ wu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²² wuː²²/

Noun

荔芋

Lipu taro (a kind of areca taro cultivated in Lipu County, Guilin, Guangxi, China)
- 可嘆現實係要一隻鴨加塊荔芋共我一起扎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  可叹现实系要一只鸭加块荔芋共我一起扎。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 2001, 謝立文 (Brian Tse), 麥兜與雞 (theme song of My Life as McDull)
  Ho² taan³ jin⁶ sat⁶ hai⁶ jiu³ jat¹ zek³ aap³ gaa¹ faai³ lai⁶ wu⁶ gung⁶ ngo⁵ jat¹ hei² zaat³. [Jyutping]
  Sadly, the reality is that a duck, plus a piece of Lipu taro, must be wrapped together with me.

Hypernyms

檳榔芋／槟榔芋 (“areca taro”)

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