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) /
simp. (番薯)
alternative forms 蕃薯
蕃藷蕃薯

Pronunciation


Note:
  • huang1 ze5 - Shantou;
  • huêng1 ze5 - Chaozhou;
  • huang1 zu5 - Chaoyang.

Noun

番薯

  1. sweet potato
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • 大番薯
  • 時到時擔當,無米才煮番薯湯时到时担当,无米才煮番薯汤 (Min Nan)
  • 番仔番薯 (Min Nan)
  • 番薯丸
  • 番薯仔囝 (Min Nan)
  • 番薯椪餅番薯椪饼
  • 番薯毋驚落土爛,只求枝葉代代湠番薯毋惊落土烂,只求枝叶代代湠 (Min Nan)
  • 番薯礤仔 (Min Nan)
  • 番薯稜番薯棱 (Min Nan)
  • 番薯箍 (Min Nan)
  • 番薯簽番薯签 (Min Nan)
  • 番薯粉
  • 番薯糋 (Min Nan)
  • 番薯糖水 (fānshǔ tángshuǐ)
  • 番薯葉番薯叶
  • 硩番薯 (Min Nan)
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (番薯, 番藷, 蕃薯, 蕃藷番薯, 番薯, 蕃薯, 蕃薯):
  • Japanese: 蕃藷(ばんしょ) (bansho)
  • Korean: 번저(蕃藷) (beonjeo)

See also

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English fans.

Pronunciation


Noun

番薯

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

References

  • 曾子凡 [Tsang Chi Fan] (2008) 《香港粵語慣用語研究》 [A Study of Idiomatic Expressions in Hong Kong Cantonese] (in Chinese), Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong Press, →ISBN
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