番薯簽

Chinese

		sweet potato; the hell	sign one's name
trad. (番薯簽)		番薯	簽
simp. (番薯签)		番薯	签

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): horng¹ zy² cieng¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): han-chî-chhiam / han-chû-chhiam

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: horng¹ zy² cieng¹ [Phonetic: horng⁵ ny⁵ cieng¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ho̤ng-cṳ́-chiang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(t͡s-)ny¹³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɛŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: horng¹ zy² cieng¹ [Phonetic: horng⁵ ny⁵ cieng¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɒŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ny²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɛŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: han-chî-chhiam
  - Tâi-lô: han-tsî-tshiam
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hancichiafm
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /han⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: han-chû-chhiam
  - Tâi-lô: han-tsû-tshiam
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hanzuchiafm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /han⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /han⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/

Noun

番薯簽

Synonyms

(french fries):

土豆條 / 土豆条 (tǔdòutiáo)
法式薯條 / 法式薯条 (fǎshì shǔtiáo)
炸土豆條 / 炸土豆条 (zhátǔdòutiáo)
炸薯條 / 炸薯条 (zháshǔtiáo)
薯條 / 薯条 (shǔtiáo)
馬鈴薯條 / 马铃薯条 (mǎlíngshǔtiáo)

Dialectal synonyms of 馬鈴薯條 (“french fries; chips”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	薯條
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	薯條
Cantonese	Hong Kong	薯條
Southern Min	Xiamen	番薯簽
Southern Min	Kinmen	蕳砃糋
Wu	Shanghai	薯條

References

“番薯簽”, 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.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “番薯签”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 278.