# 芒光
## Chinese
### Etymology

From Malay bengkuang, sengkuang, from Philippine singkamas, from Spanish jícama, from Classical Nahuatl xīcama.

### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bâng-koang / bâng-koan
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mang$^5$ guang$^1$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâng-koang
*** Tâi-lô: bâng-kuang
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bangkoafng
*** IPA (Singapore): /baŋ²⁴⁻²¹ kuaŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Penang): /baŋ²³⁻²¹ kuaŋ³³/
** (Hokkien: Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâng-koan
*** Tâi-lô: bâng-kuan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bangkoafn
*** IPA (Singapore): /baŋ²⁴⁻²¹ kuan⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mang$^5$ guang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mâng kuang
*** Sinological IPA : /maŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kuaŋ³³/

### Noun

芒光
* (chiefly Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien, Teochew) jicama

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 豆薯 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 豆薯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 涼薯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 豆薯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 地瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 地瓜兒, 地瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 地瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 地蘿蔔, 地瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 涼薯, 葛薯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 涼薯, 葛薯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 地瓜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 地瓜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 沙葛 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 沙葛 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 沙葛 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 番葛 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 沙葛 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 葛薯 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 葛薯 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 草瓜薯 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 葛薯 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 地瓜 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 地瓜 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 涼薯, 洋番薯 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 生葛, 沙葛, 黃葛仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 黃葛哩 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 沙葛 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) | 沙葛 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) | 沙葛 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) | 沙葛 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 沙葛 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) | 沙葛 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) | 沙葛 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 沙葛 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 菜葛 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 沙葛 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) | 沙葛 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 葛哎 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) | 葛哎 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 葛薯 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) | 沙葛, 葛薯 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 沙葛 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 葛瓜 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) | 葛薯 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) | 葛薯, 生食薯 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 沙葛 |
| Hakka | Changting | 葛瓜 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 葛瓜 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 葛薯子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 葛 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 好食葛 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 剝皮薯 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 好食葛 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 好食果子 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 涼薯 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 番葛 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 葛薯 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 田薯 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 香葛 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 葛薯 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 葛薯 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 豆仔薯 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 葛薯 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 豆仔薯 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 豆仔薯 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 豆薯 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 豆仔薯 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 豆薯 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 芒光, 番葛 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 芒光, 沙葛 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 芒光, 力孛 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 芒光, 力孛 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 葛薯 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 葛薯 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 葛薯 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 番葛 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 涼薯, 膠枝蘿蔔 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 地瓜 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 涼薯 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 涼薯 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 涼薯 |

### References

* Khin Khin Aye (2021) “Chapter 4 The Nature of Sinitic Lexicon in Bazaar Malay and Baba Malay in Singapore”, in Chia, Caroline, Hoogervorst, Tom, editors, Sinophone Southeast Asia: Sinitic Voices across the Southern Seas (Chinese Overseas: History, Literature, and Society; 20 [Open Access])‎, Brill, →ISBN, pages 141-142