# 紅芋
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

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### Noun

紅芋
* (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Gan) sweet potato

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 薯, 藷, 藷藇, 薯蕷, 薯藥, 山藷, 金薯, 玉枕薯 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 甘薯 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 甘薯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 白薯, 紅薯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 地瓜, 番薯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 紅薯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 地瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 地瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 紅薯, 地瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 地瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 地瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 地瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 地瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 地瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 地瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 地瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 地瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 地瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 紅薯, 地瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 番薯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 番薯 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 山芋, 山藥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 白薯 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 紅薯, 山芋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 山藥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 山藥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 地瓜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 地瓜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 地瓜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 地瓜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 地瓜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 地瓜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 地瓜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 地瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 苕, 紅薯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 紅薯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 地瓜, 芋頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 紅薯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 紅薯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 紅薯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 白薯, 紅薯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 紅薯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 紅薯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 紅苕, 紅芋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 紅薯, 紅苕, 紅芋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 紅苕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 紅薯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 白芋, 紅芋, 地瓜, 山芋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 紅芋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 紅苕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 紅苕 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 紅薯, 山芋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 紅苕, 紅薯, 白薯 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 紅薯 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 紅薯, 紅苕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 紅苕, 番苕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 紅苕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 紅苕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 紅苕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 紅苕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 紅苕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 紅苕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 苕, 紅苕, 地瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 白薯, 紅薯, 地瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 紅薯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 苕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 飯薯, 紅薯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 紅苕, 地蘿蔔 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 紅苕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 薯子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 山藥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 紅薯, 土瓜, 山藥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 白薯, 紅薯, 山藥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 白薯, 山藥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 紅薯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 紅薯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 番薯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 紅薯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 紅薯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 紅薯, 紅苕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 山芋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 山芋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 地瓜, 山芋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 山芋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 番芋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 紅薯, 山芋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 山芋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 山芋, 芋頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 甘薯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 紅芋, 紅苕, 苕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 葛薯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 番薯, 葛薯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 紅薯 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 薯 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 番薯 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 番薯 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蘿蔔薯, 薯 |
| Gan | Pengze | 白薯 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 番薯 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 番薯, 紅薯 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 番薯, 紅薯 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Changting | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 番薯, 窩薯 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 番薯, 薯子 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 番薯哩 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 紅番薯, 紅薯 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 番薯 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 番薯 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 飯芋, 山芋 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 山芋 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 紅薯 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 山芋, 紅薯 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 白番苕 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 紅薯 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 番薯 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 紅薯 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 番薯 |
| Huizhou | Jingde | 番薯 |
| Huizhou | Shitai (Xianyu) | 薯薯兒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 紅薯 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 紅薯 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 白薯, 紅薯 |
| Jin | Datong | 紅薯 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 紅薯 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 紅薯 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 紅薯 |
| Jin | Linhe | 紅薯 |
| Jin | Jining | 紅薯 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 紅薯 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 紅薯 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 山藥 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 白薯, 紅薯 |
| Jin | Handan | 白薯, 紅薯 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 紅薯 |
| Jin | Suide | 紅薯 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 番薯 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 番薯 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 番薯 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 番薯 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 番薯 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 番薯 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 番薯 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 番薯 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 番薯 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 番薯 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 番薯 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 番薯 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 番薯 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 番薯 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 番薯 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 番薯 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 番薯 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 地瓜, 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 番薯, 紅薯 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 番薯, 番葛 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 番薯, 番葛 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 番薯, 番葛 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 番薯, 番葛 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 番薯, 番葛 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 番薯, 番葛 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 番薯, 薯 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 番薯, 番葛 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 番薯 |
| Southern Min | Tunchang | 番葛 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 番薯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 番薯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 番薯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 番薯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 番薯 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 番薯 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 番薯 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 番薯 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 番薯 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 番薯 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 紅薯 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 番薯 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 番薯 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 番薯 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 番薯 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 番薯 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 番薯 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 番薯 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 番薯 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 番薯 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 番薯 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 番薯 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 番薯 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 番薯 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 白苕, 苕 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 苕 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 山芋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 山芋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 番芋 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 山芋, 山薯 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 山芋 |
| Wu | Danyang | 山芋 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 番芋, 番薯 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 番薯 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 番薯 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 番芋 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 紅薯 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 紅薯 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 紅薯 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 紅薯 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 紅薯, 外國薯 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 紅薯 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 黃薯 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 薯哩 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 番薯 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 薯哩 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 番薯 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) | 番薯 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 番薯 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 番薯 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 紅薯 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 紅薯 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 紅薯 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 紅 | 芋 |
| べに Grade: 6 | いも Grade: S |
| kun'yomi ||

### Etymology

From 紅(べに) (beni, “crimson”) + 芋(いも) (imo, “tuber, yam”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [be̞ɲ̟iːmo̞]

### Noun

紅(べに)芋(いも) or 紅芋(ベニイモ) • (beniimo)
* Conus pauperculus, a species of predatory cone snail
* Synonym of 大薯 (daisho, “purple yam”) (Dioscorea alata)
* a purple variety of sweet potato
    Synonym: 紫芋 (murasaki-imo)

#### Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ベニイモ.