番仔蘆薈

Chinese

		foreigner; Westerner	aloe
trad. (番仔蘆薈)		番仔	蘆薈
simp. (番仔芦荟)		番仔	芦荟

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoan-á-lô͘-hōe / hoan-á-lô͘-ōe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-á-lô͘-hōe
    • Tâi-lô: huan-á-lôo-huē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoan'aflo'hoe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ²⁴⁻²² hue²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-á-lô͘-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: huan-á-lôo-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoan'aflo'oe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ¹³⁻²² ue²²/

Noun

番仔蘆薈

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) agave

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 龍舌蘭 (“agave”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		龍舌蘭
Taxonomic name		龍舌蘭
Mandarin	Taiwan	龍舌蘭
Cantonese	Hong Kong	龍舌蘭
Southern Min	Xiamen	番仔蘆薈, 庵馬甲, 阿麻甲, 番葛
	Quanzhou	番葛
	Jinjiang	番葛
	Zhangzhou	番仔蘆薈, 番籃投
Wu	Shanghai	龍舌蘭