茭白筍

Chinese

edible wild rice stem bamboo shoot
trad. (茭白筍/茭白笋) 茭白 /
simp. (茭白笋) 茭白
alternative forms 加白筍加白笋 Hokkien
腳白筍脚白筍脚白笋 Hokkien
骹白筍骹白笋 Hokkien
茄白筍茄白笋 Hokkien

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiāobáisǔn
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄅㄞˊ ㄙㄨㄣˇ
  • Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka-pe̍k-sún / ka-pia̍k-sún / ka-pe̍eh-sún / kha-pe̍eh-sún / ka-pe̍h-sún / kha-pe̍h-sún / kha-pe̍k-sún

Noun

茭白筍

  1. edible wild rice stem (galls formed on young stems of Zizania latifolia after parasitism by the fungus Ustilago esculenta as a kind of vegetable)

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