芡實

See also: 芡实

Chinese

		Euryale ferox; cornstarch	real; true; honest real; true; honest; really; solid
trad. (芡實)		芡	實
simp. (芡实)		芡	实

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiànshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): him³ sat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiàm-si̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiànshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciànshíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien⁴-shih²
    • Yale: chyàn-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiannshyr
    • Palladius: цяньши (cjanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: him³ sat⁶
    • Yale: him saht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: him³ sat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: him³ sed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm³³ sɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiàm-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: khiàm-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiarmsit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiam²¹⁻⁵³ sit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiam²¹⁻⁵³ sit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiam¹¹⁻⁵³ sit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiam²¹⁻⁴¹ sit̚⁴/

Noun

芡實

1. foxnut; seed of Euryale ferox (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	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	肇實
Wu	Shanghai	雞頭
	Suzhou	雞頭, 芡實
Xiang	Changsha	雞頭菱, 芡實子, 雞頭蓮