馬鈴薯

See also: 马铃薯

Chinese

		bell tied to a horse	potato; yam
trad. (馬鈴薯)		馬鈴	薯
simp. (马铃薯)		马铃	薯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎlíngshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ ling⁴ syu⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mâ-làng-sù

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ma¹ lang² su²

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): má-lêng-chû / má-lêng-chîr / má-lêng-chî / bé-lêng-chû / bé-lêng-chîr / bé-lêng-chî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhê² lêng⁵ ze⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: mǎlíngshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maalingshuu
    • IPA ^(key): /ma̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ liŋ³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ ling⁴ syu⁴
    • Yale: máh lìhng syùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ ling⁴ sy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ ling⁴ xu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑː¹³ lɪŋ²¹ ɕyː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mâ-làng-sù
    • Hakka Romanization System: ma´ langˇ suˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ma¹ lang² su²
    • IPA: /ma²⁴ laŋ¹¹ su¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ma¹ lang² su²
    • IPA: /ma⁴⁴⁻³⁵ laŋ¹¹ su¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: má-lêng-chû
    • Tâi-lô: má-lîng-tsû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: maflengzuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: má-lêng-chîr
    • Tâi-lô: má-lîng-tsîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: má-lêng-chî
    • Tâi-lô: má-lîng-tsî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: maflengcii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡ɕi¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕi²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-lêng-chû
    • Tâi-lô: bé-lîng-tsû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beflengzuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-lêng-chîr
    • Tâi-lô: bé-lîng-tsîr
  • (Hokkien: Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-lêng-chî
    • Tâi-lô: bé-lîng-tsî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beflengcii
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhê² lêng⁵ ze⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bé lêng tsṳ̂
    • IPA ^(key): /be⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ⁵⁵/

Noun

馬鈴薯

1. potato

Derived terms

• 烤馬鈴薯／烤马铃薯 (kǎomǎlíngshǔ)

• 馬鈴薯泥／马铃薯泥 (mǎlíngshǔní)

Descendants

• Zhuang: majlingzsuz

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Japanese

馬鈴薯 (bareisho): a pile of potatoes.

Kanji in this term
馬	鈴	薯
ば Grade: 2	れい Grade: S	しょ Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Etymology

Origin unclear. Attributed to noted Edo-period botanist and scholar of Chinese medicine Ono Ranzan (see Wikipedia:ja:小野蘭山) in the late 1700s. May be from Sinitic 馬鈴薯, or may be a Japanese coinage later borrowed into Chinese.

According to one theory, this word is a compound of 馬鈴 (barei, “horse bell”) +‎ 薯 (sho, “potato”), from the way the potato looks a bit like the bells used in the tack for stage horses. In another theory, 馬鈴 (barei) is an example of ateji for Malay, since potatoes were introduced to Japan via the Dutch East Indies.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ばれいしょ [bàrééshó] (Heiban - [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ba̠ɾe̞ːɕo̞]

Noun

馬鈴薯 (hiragana ばれいしょ, rōmaji bareisho)

1. potato (Solanum tuberosum)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 馬鈴薯粉 (ばれいしょふん) (bareisho fun): potato flour; potato starch
• 馬鈴薯澱粉 (ばれいしょでんぷん) (bareisho denpun): potato starch

Synonyms

• じゃがいも, ジャガイモ, ジャガ芋, ジャガ薯 (jagaimo)