蕃薯

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 蕃薯 – see 番薯 (“sweet potato; the hell; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 番薯).

Etymology 2

		flourishing; to reproduce	potato; yam
trad. (蕃薯)		蕃	薯
simp. #(蕃薯)		蕃	薯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fānshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ syu^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): han-chî / han-chû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fānshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fanshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Fan¹-shu³
    • Yale: Fān-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fanshuu
    • Palladius: Фаньшу (Fanʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan¹ syu^4-2
    • Yale: fāan syú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ sy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ xu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ syː²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: han-chî / han-chû
    • Tâi-lô: han-tsî / han-tsû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hancii, hanzuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /han⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si²⁴/, /han⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /han³³ t͡si²⁴/, /han³³ t͡su²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /han⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si¹³/, /han⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /han⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si²⁴/, /han⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /han⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si²³/, /han⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su²³/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 蕃薯

1. (～里) An urban village in Tamsui district, New Taipei, Taiwan