芡實

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
• Min Nan (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): /t͡ɕʰjɛn⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: him³ sat⁶
    • Yale: him saht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: him³ sat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: him³ sed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm³³ sɐt̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiàm-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: khiàm-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiarmsit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiam²¹⁻⁵³ ɕit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiam²¹⁻⁵³ ɕit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiam¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiam²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕit̚⁴/

Noun

芡實

1. seed of Euryale ferox (a seed 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
Mandarin	Jining	雞斗米
	Wuhan	雞頭包
	Tianmen	雞頭包
	Chengdu	雞頭蓮, 雞腦殼
	Zigong	雞腦殼
	Anqing	雞包頭
	Wuhu	雞頭果子
	Yangzhou	雞頭米子
	Lianshui	雞頭菱角
	Nanjing	雞頭果
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
Min Nan	Xiamen	芡實, 雞頭米
	Quanzhou	芡實
	Tainan	芡實
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	肇實
Wu	Shanghai	雞頭
	Suzhou	雞頭, 芡實
Xiang	Changsha	雞頭菱, 芡實子, 雞頭蓮