木薯

木薯

Chinese

		tree; wood	potato; yam
simp. and trad. (木薯)		木	薯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ syu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mùshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhshuu
    • IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ syu⁴
    • Yale: muhk syùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ sy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ xu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² ʃyː²¹/

Noun

木薯

1. cassava (Manihot esculenta)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 木薯 (“cassava”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		木薯
Mandarin	Beijing	木薯
	Taiwan	樹薯, 木薯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	木薯
	Hong Kong	木薯
	Dongguan	木薯
Hakka	Meixian	樹番薯
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	番鬼葛, 木薯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	樹薯
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	樹薯
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	樹薯
	Dongshi (Dabu)	樹薯
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	樹薯
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	樹薯
Min Bei	Jian'ou	木薯
Min Nan	Xiamen	樹薯
	Quanzhou	樹薯
	Zhangzhou	樹薯, 樹葛
	Taipei	樹薯
	Kaohsiung	樹薯
	Penang	樹薯
	Singapore	樹薯
	Haikou	樹薯
Pinghua	Nanning	木薯

Derived terms

木薯粉