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山芋

Mandarin · pinyin shān yù

sweet potato

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山: shān · mountain, hill, peak
芋: yù · taro

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1–4 · shan1 yu4

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saan1 wu6

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noun

(dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Gan, Huizhou, dialectal Jin, Wu) sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
(Yinchuan Mandarin) potato
(literary or Wenzhounese) taro
(Sichuanese) taro grown on dry land
(Taiwanese Hokkien) Alocasia odora (elephant ear)
(alt-of, alternative, name) Alternative name for 薯蕷／薯蓣 (shǔyù, “Chinese yam; Dioscorea polystachya”).

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