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薯

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yam

HSK 6

Objects →Food

shǔ

ショ

いも

서

Components

艹 grass (top)+ 署 add your John Hancock =

薯 yam

艹 Meaning component

cao grass (top)

grass

plant

署 Phonetic component

shǔ add your John Hancock

public office

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Notes

Chinese

薯 [shǔ]

potato; yam

Japanese

芋、薯 (rare) 、藷 (rare) いも、イモ同音

noun

tuber; taro; potato; yam
derogatory yokel; bumpkin
dud; worthless thing

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

いもを食べるとおならがでる。

Potatoes give me wind.

CHINESE WORDS (30)

薯条 [shǔtiáo] #5,044

薯条 [shǔtiáo] #5,044

马铃薯 [mǎlíngshǔ] #9,007

马铃薯 [mǎlíngshǔ] #9,007

红薯 [hóngshǔ] #39,608

红薯 [hóngshǔ] #39,608

番薯 [fānshǔ] #63,303

(dialect) sweet potato

木薯 [mùshǔ] #24,898

cassava, a tropical tuber plant

甘薯 [gānshǔ] #36,116

白薯 [báishǔ] #39,408

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JAPANESE WORDS (25)

⭐ 芋 [いも] #10,751

馬鈴薯 [ばれいしょ] #57,464

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

芋焼酎 [いもじょうちゅう] #74,264

sweet potato shōchū

⭐ さつま芋 [さつまいも] #82,175

sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

自然薯 [じねんじょ] #87,484

Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

長芋 [ながいも] #98,819

Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas)

⭐ じゃが芋 [じゃがいも] #100,432

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

芋粥 [いもがゆ] #117,001

rice gruel with diced sweet potatoes

山の芋 [やまのいも] #123,571

Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

薯蕷汁 [とろろじる] #130,482

grated yam soup

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