生薑

生薑

See also: 生姜

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	ginger
trad. (生薑)		生	薑
simp. (生姜)		生	姜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngjiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄐㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ goeng¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chheⁿ-kiuⁿ / chhiⁿ-kiuⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shēngjiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengjiang
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang¹ goeng¹
    • Yale: sāang gēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ goeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ gêng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /säːŋ⁵⁵ kœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-kiuⁿ / chhiⁿ-kiuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshenn-kiunn / tshinn-kiunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhve'kviw, chvi'kviw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻²² kiũ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰẽ³³ kiũ³³/, /t͡ɕʰĩ³³ kiũ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² kiũ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiũ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiũ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiũ⁴⁴/

Noun

生薑

1. fresh ginger

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 薑 (“ginger”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		薑
Mandarin	Beijing	薑
	Taiwan	薑
	Harbin	薑
	Bayanhot	洋辣子
	Jinan	薑, 鮮薑, 黃薑
	Muping	薑, 生薑
	Luoyang	薑
	Wanrong	薑, 生薑
	Xi'an	生薑, 薑
	Zhengzhou	薑
	Xuzhou	生薑, 薑
	Yinchuan	生薑
	Lanzhou	生薑
	Ürümqi	生薑
	Wuhan	生薑, 薑
	Chengdu	生薑, 薑
	Guiyang	生薑
	Liuzhou	薑
	Yangzhou	生薑
	Nanjing	生薑, 薑
	Hefei	生薑
Cantonese	Guangzhou	薑, 生薑
	Hong Kong	薑
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	薑
	Foshan	薑, 生薑
	Shunde	薑
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	薑
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	薑
	Taishan	薑乸, 薑
	Kaiping (Chikan)	薑乸
	Dongguan	薑
	Shaoguan	薑
	Yunfu	薑乸
	Yangjiang	老薑, 薑, 薑乸
	Xinyi	薑, 生薑
	Lianjiang	薑, 薑乸
	Kuala Lumpur	薑
Gan	Nanchang	生薑, 薑
	Lichuan	薑
	Pingxiang	薑
Hakka	Meixian	薑嫲, 薑, 生薑
	Yudu	薑
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	薑嫲
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	薑嫲
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	薑嫲
	Dongshi (Dabu)	薑嫲
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	薑嫲
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	薑嫲
	Hong Kong	薑嫲
	Sabah	薑嫲
	Senai	薑
	Singkawang	薑嫲
Huizhou	Jixi	薑, 生薑
Jin	Taiyuan	鮮薑, 薑
	Xinzhou	鮮薑
	Hohhot	生薑
Min Bei	Jian'ou	老薑, 薑
Min Dong	Fuzhou	薑母, 薑
	Fuqing	薑母
Min Nan	Xiamen	薑
	Quanzhou	薑
	Zhangzhou	薑
	Taipei	薑
	Kaohsiung	薑
	Tainan	薑
	Taichung	薑
	Hsinchu	薑
	Lukang	薑
	Sanxia	薑
	Yilan	薑
	Kinmen	薑
	Magong	薑
	Penang	薑
	Chaozhou	薑
	Johor Bahru	薑
	Wenchang	薑母
	Haikou	薑母
Puxian Min	Putian	薑母
	Xianyou	薑母
Pinghua	Nanning	薑
Wu	Shanghai	生薑, 薑
	Suzhou	薑, 生薑
	Hangzhou	薑
	Wenzhou	薑, 生薑
	Chongming	生薑
	Danyang	生薑
	Jinhua	生薑
	Ningbo	生薑, 薑
Xiang	Changsha	薑, 生薑
	Shuangfeng	生薑
	Loudi	薑

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	薑
しょう Grade: 1	が Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Noun

生薑 (hiragana しょうが, katakana ショウガ, rōmaji shōga, historical hiragana しやうが, historical katakana シヤウガ)

1. Alternative spelling of 生姜 (“ginger”)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
生	薑

Noun

生薑 • (saenggang) (hangeul 생강)

1. Hanja form^? of 생강 (“ginger”).