雞頭米

Chinese

		chicken head; foxnut	rice; metre
trad. (雞頭米/鷄頭米)		雞頭/鷄頭	米
simp. (鸡头米)		鸡头	米

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jītóumǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄊㄡˊ ㄇㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai¹ tau⁴ mai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jītóumǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄊㄡˊ ㄇㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jitóumǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-tʻou²-mi³
    • Yale: jī-tóu-mǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jitourmii
    • Palladius: цзитоуми (czitoumi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai¹ tau⁴ mai⁵
    • Yale: gāi tàuh máih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹ tau⁴ mai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei¹ teo⁴ mei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ mɐi̯¹³/

Noun

雞頭米

1. seed of Euryale ferox (a seed used in traditional Chinese medicine)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 芡實 (“foxnut seed”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		芡實, 雞頭米
Central Plains Mandarin	Jining	雞斗米
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	雞頭蓮, 雞腦殼
	Zigong	雞腦殼
	Wuhan	雞頭包
	Tianmen	雞頭包
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	雞頭果
	Yangzhou	雞頭米子
	Lianshui	雞頭菱角
	Anqing	雞包頭
	Wuhu	雞頭果子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	茨實, 肇實
	Hong Kong	茨實, 肇實
Gan	Nanchang	雞頭蓮
	Lichuan	雞頭蓮
Huizhou	Jixi	雞頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	芡實, 雞頭米
	Quanzhou	芡實
	Tainan	芡實
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	肇實
Wu	Shanghai	雞頭
	Suzhou	雞頭, 芡實
Xiang	Changsha	雞頭菱, 芡實子, 雞頭蓮