# 蓮根
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liángēn
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄣ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liángēn
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liángen
*** Wade–Giles: lien$^2$-kên$^1$
*** Yale: lyán-gēn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liangen
*** Palladius: ляньгэнь (ljanʹgɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɛn³⁵ kən⁵⁵/

### Noun

蓮根
* (archaic or Yunnan Mandarin) lotus root
    From: Song dynasty, 許棐, 長門怨
    Qièshēn rú liángēn, chénmái yūní dǐ. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: Yuan dynasty, 周霆震, 冰盤藕雪
    Wényuán jìnrì zhēn xiāokě, mò zhǒng liángēn yǐn hèn cháng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: Ming dynasty, 黎遂球, 清溪曲
    Liángēn bào xīshí, liánzǐ shēng shíbì. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: Ming dynasty, 王賓客璲, 瑤琴怨
    Lánxīn shǒusǐ xīn bù gǎi, liángēn zhéduàn sī yóu qiān. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 藕 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蓮藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 藕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蓮藕 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 藕 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 藕 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 藕 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 藕 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 藕 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 藕 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 藕 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 藕 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 藕 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 藕 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 藕 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 藕 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 藕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 藕, 蓮菜, 窟窿兒菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 蓮菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 藕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 藕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 蓮菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 藕, 蓮菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 藕, 蓮菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 藕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 藕, 蓮菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 蓮菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 藕, 蓮菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蓮菜, 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 蓮菜, 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 蓮藕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 蓮菜, 藕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 藕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 藕 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 藕 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 蓮藕, 藕, 蓮菜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 藕 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 藕 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 藕, 荷心兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 藕, 蓮菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 藕根 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 藕根, 蓮根 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 蓮根, 蓮花根 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 藕, 蓮藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 藕, 蓮菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 蓮花菜, 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 蓮花菜, 藕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 藕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 藕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 藕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 藕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 藕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 藕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 藕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 藕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 藕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Sarikei (Xinhui) | 藕 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 蓮藕 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 蓮藕 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 藕 |
| Gan | Pengze | 藕 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 藕 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 藕, 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蓮莖, 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Zengcheng (Zhengguo) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 藕 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 蓮莖 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 蓮莖, 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 藕 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 藕 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 蓮莖 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 蓮梗 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 蓮藕 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 蓮藕 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 藕 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 藕 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 藕根, 蓮菜 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 藕根 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 藕 |
| Jin | Datong | 蓮菜 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 藕根 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 蓮菜 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 藕, 蓮菜 |
| Jin | Linhe | 藕 |
| Jin | Jining | 蓮菜 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 藕 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 藕 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 藕 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 藕 |
| Jin | Handan | 藕, 蓮菜 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 藕, 蓮菜 |
| Jin | Suide | 藕 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 藕 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 藕 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 藕 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 藕節 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 藕節 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 藕節, 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 藕節, 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 藕節, 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 藕 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 藕節 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 藕節 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 藕 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Sijie) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Pingle (Zhoutang) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Lechang (Tatou) | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Yingde (Yuzui) | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Southern Min | Yunan (Liantan) | 蓮藕, 藕 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蓮茭 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蓮茭, 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 蓮茭 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 蓮茭 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蓮茭 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 蓮藕 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 蓮茭 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蓮茭 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 蓮茭 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 藕 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 藕 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 藕 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 藕 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 藕 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 藕 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 藕 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 蓮藕 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 藕 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 藕 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 藕, 蓮藕 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 藕 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang (Xinqiao) | 藕 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 藕 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 藕 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 藕 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 藕 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 藕 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 藕, 塘藕, 斜塘藕 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 藕 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 藕, 塘藕 |
| Wu | Danyang | 藕 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 藕 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 藕, 荷藕 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 藕 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 藕 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 藕 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 藕 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 藕 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 藕 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 藕 |

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 蓮 | 根 |
| れん Jinmeiyō | こん Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

#### Noun

蓮(れん)根(こん) • (renkon)
* lotus root.
* (gay slang) acting straight.

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 蓮 | 根 |
| はす Jinmeiyō | ね Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||

#### Noun

蓮(はす)根(ね) • (hasune)
* lotus root.

### References

* ↑ Long, Daniel. (1996) Formation processes of some Japanese gay argot terms. American Speech, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 215–224.