蕃薯

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 蕃薯 – see 番薯 (“sweet potato; the hell; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 番薯).

Etymology 2

		flourishing; to reproduce	potato; yam
trad. (蕃薯)		蕃	薯
simp. #(蕃薯)		蕃	薯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fānshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ ㄕㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fānshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fanshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Fan¹-shu³
    • Yale: Fān-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fanshuu
    • Palladius: Фаньшу (Fanʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

蕃薯

1. (～里) Fanshu (an urban village in Tamsui district, New Taipei, Taiwan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蕃	薯
ばん Jinmeiyō	しょ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
蕃藷

For pronunciation and definitions of 蕃薯 – see the following entry.

【蕃藷ばんしょ】 [noun] Synonym of 薩摩芋 (Satsuma imo, “sweet potato”).

(This term, 蕃薯, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)