<p>According to Wiktionary, 涼薯 is how you say &quot;jicama&quot; in Beijing and Liuzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Shangyou Hakka, Nanning Pinghua, and the Loudi and Changsha varieties of Xiang Chinese.</p>

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2021-10-24T16:47:59.470Z
2021-10-24T16:47:59.470Z
William Liao
<p>To my knowledge, 凉薯 is part of Modern Standard Mandarin.
As far as I know people in 陕西(Shaanxi)、贵州(Guizhou) call it 地瓜.</p>

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2018-01-12T15:56:08.103Z
2018-01-12T15:56:08.103Z
duyue
<p><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B6%BC%E8%96%AF#Chinese" rel="noreferrer">According to Wiktionary</a>:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/ekgon.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ekgon.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<ul>
<li>柳州話 (Liuzhou Mandarin)</li>
<li>萍鄉話 (Pingxiang Gan)</li>
<li>南寧話 (Nanning Pinghua)</li>
<li>長沙話 (Changsha Xiang)</li>
<li>婁底話 (Loudi Xiang)</li>
</ul>

<p>These topolects correspond to the areas highlighted in the light green circles above.</p>

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2021-10-24T19:31:41.367Z
Some local names for it - 紅薯(red skin), 白薯(off white/light tan skin), 甘薯(sweat potato), 番薯(?).
r13
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2018-05-12T17:57:11.670Z
2018-05-12T17:57:11.670Z
dROOOze
<p>《现代汉语大词典》defines 凉薯 as:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>方言。即豆薯。有的地方也叫地瓜。藤本植物, 花色浅蓝或白色, 结荚, 种子有毒, 块根像甘薯, 可食。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>It was the 方言 part that threw me off here.</p>

<p><a href="https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%87%89%E8%96%AF/6491956?fr=aladdin" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Baidu Baike</a> just calls it a</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>别称</p>
</blockquote>

<p>other resources also just say something like:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>又名</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I figured 凉薯 was just MSM but apparently it isn't.</p>

<p>What dialect/topolect is 凉薯 a part of? (if not Modern Standard Mandarin.)</p>

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What dialect/topolect is 凉薯 a part of?
# What dialect/topolect is 凉薯 a part of?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-10)

《现代汉语大词典》defines 凉薯 as:

> 方言。即豆薯。有的地方也叫地瓜。藤本植物, 花色浅蓝或白色, 结荚, 种子有毒, 块根像甘薯, 可食。

It was the 方言 part that threw me off here.

[Baidu Baike](https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%87%89%E8%96%AF/6491956?fr=aladdin) just calls it a

> 别称

other resources also just say something like:

> 又名

I figured 凉薯 was just MSM but apparently it isn't.

What dialect/topolect is 凉薯 a part of? (if not Modern Standard Mandarin.)

**Tags:** topolect

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2018-05-12. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

[According to Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B6%BC%E8%96%AF#Chinese):

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/ekgon.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/ekgon.png)

* 柳州話 (Liuzhou Mandarin)
* 萍鄉話 (Pingxiang Gan)
* 南寧話 (Nanning Pinghua)
* 長沙話 (Changsha Xiang)
* 婁底話 (Loudi Xiang)

These topolects correspond to the areas highlighted in the light green circles above.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: Some local names for it - 紅薯(red skin), 白薯(off white/light tan skin), 甘薯(sweat potato), 番薯(?).  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-10-24. Score: 1

According to Wiktionary, 涼薯 is how you say "jicama" in Beijing and Liuzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Shangyou Hakka, Nanning Pinghua, and the Loudi and Changsha varieties of Xiang Chinese.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-01-12. Score: 0

To my knowledge, 凉薯 is part of Modern Standard Mandarin.
As far as I know people in 陕西(Shaanxi)、贵州(Guizhou) call it 地瓜.


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