# 甘蔗
## Chinese

* 甘蔗 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 甘蔗 (Classical)
* kâm-cha (Hakka)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): gānzhe, gānzhè
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ˙ㄓㄜ, ㄍㄢ ㄓㄜˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gan$^1$ ze$^4$ / gan$^1$ za$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ганҗә (ganžə, I-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gam$^1$ ze$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'gon$^1$ za$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kâm-cha
    (Hailu, HRS): gam$^ˋ$ zha$^ˇ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): găng-ciá
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kam-chià
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gam$^1$ zia$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$koe-tso
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gan$^1$ zha$^4$ / gan$^1$ zhe$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gānzhe
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ˙ㄓㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ganjhe̊
*** Wade–Giles: kan$^1$-chê$^5$
*** Yale: gān-je
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gan.je
*** Palladius: ганьчжэ (ganʹčžɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kän⁵⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ə²/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gānzhè
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄓㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ganjhè
*** Wade–Giles: kan$^1$-chê$^4$
*** Yale: gān-jè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganjeh
*** Palladius: ганьчжэ (ganʹčžɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$甘蔗 竿蔗
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: gan$^1$ ze$^4$ / gan$^1$ za$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ganze / ganza
*** Sinological IPA : /kan⁵⁵ t͡sɛ²¹³/, /kan⁵⁵ t͡sa²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ганҗә (ganžə, I-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /kæ̃²⁴ ʈ͡ʂə²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gam$^1$ ze$^3$
*** Yale: gām je
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gam$^1$ dze$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gem$^1$ zé$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sɛː³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'gon$^1$ za$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈkɵn⁴² t͡sa³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâm-cha
*** Hakka Romanization System: gam$^ˊ$ za
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gam$^1$ za$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sa⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gam$^ˋ$ zha$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kam⁵³ t͡ʃa¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: găng-ciá
*** Sinological IPA : /kaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(t͡s-)}$ʒiɑ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam-chià
*** Tâi-lô: kam-tsià
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kamciax
*** IPA (Taipei): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia¹¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kam³³ t͡sia⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sia²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gam$^1$ zia$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kam tsià
*** Sinological IPA : /kam³³⁻²³ t͡sia²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$koe-tso
*** MiniDict: koe$^平$ tso
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$koe-tso
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kø⁵⁵ t͡so²¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: gan$^1$ zha$^4$ / gan$^1$ zhe$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kan³³ ʈ͡ʂa̠⁴⁵/, /kan³³ ʈ͡ʂɤ̞⁴⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /kan³³ t͡sa̠⁴⁵/, /kan³³ t͡sɤ̞⁴⁵/

### Noun

甘蔗
* sugar cane (Classifier: 節／节 m; 轆／辘 c)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蔗, 藷蔗, 甘蔗, 竿蔗 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 甘蔗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 甘蔗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 甘蔗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 甘蔗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 甘蔗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 甘蔗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 甘蔗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 甘蔗 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 甘蔗 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 甘蔗 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 甘蔗 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 甘蔗 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 甘蔗, 甜秫秸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 甘蔗, 甜甘蔗 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 甘蔗 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 甘蔗, 甜杆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 甘蔗, 甜蜜稈兒, 甜稈兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 甘蔗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 甘蔗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 甘蔗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 甘蔗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 甜甘截子, 甘截子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 甘蔗 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 甘蔗 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 甘蔗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 甘蔗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 甘蔗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 甘蔗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蔗稈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 甘蔗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 甘蔗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 甘蔗, 蔗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 甘蔗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 甘蔗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 甘蔗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 蠟蔗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蔗, 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 甘蔗 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蔗 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 甘蔗 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 甘蔗 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 甘蔗, 蔗 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 蔗梗 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蔗, 蠟蔗 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 甘蔗, 蔗 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 甘蔗 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 甘蔗 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 甘蔗 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 甘蔗 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 甘蔗 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 甘蔗 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 甘蔗 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 蔗 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 甘蔗 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 蔗 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 甘蔗 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 甘蔗 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 甘蔗, 甜棒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 甘蔗, 甜棒 |
| Jin | Linhe | 甘蔗 |
| Jin | Jining | 甘蔗 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 甘蔗, 甜棒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 甘蔗 |
| Jin | Handan | 甘蔗, 甜杆 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蔗 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蔗, 甘蔗 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蔗 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蔗 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 蔗 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Teochew) | 竹蔗 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蔗 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 甘蔗 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 甘蔗 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蔗 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蔗 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 蔗 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 甘蔗 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蔗 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 蔗 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 蔗 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 蔗 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蔗 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 甘蔗 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 甘蔗 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 甘蔗 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 蔗 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 蔗 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 甘蔗 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 甘蔗 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 甘蔗 |
| Wu | Danyang | 甘蔗 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 甘蔗 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 甘蔗 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 甘蔗, 糖蔗 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 甘蔗 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 甘蔗 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 蔗梗子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 甘蔗 |

#### Derived terms

* 倒吃甘蔗
* 甘蔗園 / 甘蔗园
* 甘蔗板
* 甘蔗汁 (gānzhèzhī)
* 甘蔗無雙頭甜 / 甘蔗无双头甜
* 甘蔗粕
* 甘蔗蟾蜍 (gānzhè chánchú)
* 甘蔗顛子 / 甘蔗颠子
* 老甘蔗，老根節 / 老甘蔗，老根节

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 甘蔗(かんしゃ) (kansha); 甘蔗(かんしょ) (kansho)

### References

* “甘蔗”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 甘 | 蔗 |
| かん Grade: S | しょ Hyōgai |
| on'yomi | kan'yōon |
Possibly a shift from kansha below, utilizing the 慣用読み (kan’yōyomi, “common-use reading”) of the kanji 蔗 (sho).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かんしょ [káꜜǹshò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [kã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞]

#### Noun

甘(かん)蔗(しょ) • (kansho)
* (possibly obsolete) Synonym of 砂糖黍 (satōkibi): sugar cane

##### Derived terms

* 甘(かん)蔗(しょ)糖(とう) (kanshotō)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 甘 | 蔗 |
| かん Grade: S | しゃ Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 甘蔗. (Can this etymology be sourced?)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かんしゃ [káꜜǹshà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [kã̠ɰ̃ɕa̠]

#### Noun

甘(かん)蔗(しゃ) • (kansha)
* (archaic, obsolete) Synonym of 砂糖黍 (satōkibi): sugar cane

### References

* ↑ “甘蔗”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
* ↑ “甘蔗”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN