愛玉

Chinese

		to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like	jade
trad. (愛玉)		愛	玉
simp. (爱玉)		爱	玉

Etymology

Supposedly after the name of the daughter of the Taiwanese businessman who sold drinks with the jelly in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àiyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄩˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ài-gio̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àiyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àiyù
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴-yü⁴
    • Yale: ài-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ayyuh
    • Palladius: айюй (ajjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-gio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ài-gio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ae'giok
    • IPA (Taipei): /ai¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡiɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡiɔk̚⁴/

Noun

愛玉

1. Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang (a variety of creeping fig)
2. Short for 愛玉冰／爱玉冰 (àiyùbīng) or 愛玉凍／爱玉冻 (àiyùdòng)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 薜荔 (“creeping fig; climbing fig”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		薜荔, 木蓮
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	愛玉
Southern Min	Xiamen	薁蕘, 風不動
	Quanzhou	栟枹
	Zhangzhou	栟枹
	Taipei	薁蕘
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	薁蕘
	Kaohsiung	薁蕘
	Yilan	薁蕘
	Changhua (Lukang)	薁蕘
	Taichung	薁蕘
	Tainan	子仔
	Hsinchu	薁蕘, 栟枹
	Kinmen	薁蕘
	Penghu (Magong)	薁蕘
	Leizhou	甜泡
Note	Most of the terms refer especially to Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang.

Derived terms

• 愛玉冰／爱玉冰 (àiyùbīng)
• 愛玉凍／爱玉冻 (àiyùdòng)
• 愛玉子／爱玉子 (àiyùzǐ)