薏苡仁

Chinese

		Job's tears	humane; kernel
trad. (薏苡仁)		薏苡	仁
simp. ^#(薏苡仁)		薏苡	仁

薏苡仁

seed of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi) (believed to be able to treat afflictions such as urinary tract infections)

Dialectal synonyms of 薏米 (“seed of Job's tears”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		薏米, 薏仁, 苡仁, 苡米, 薏仁米, 薏苡仁
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	薏仁
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	薏米
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	薏仁米子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	薏米
	Hong Kong	薏米
	Taishan	薏米
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	薏米
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	薏仁
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	薏仁
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	薏仁
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	薏仁
Northern Min	Jian'ou	米薏
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	薏米
Southern Min	Xiamen	薏仁
	Jinjiang	薏仁
	Zhao'an	薏米
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	薏仁
	Kaohsiung	薏仁
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	薏仁
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	薏仁
	Yilan (Luodong)	薏仁
	Yilan (Toucheng)	薏仁
	Tainan	薏仁
	Tainan (Anping)	薏仁
	Penghu (Xiyu)	薏仁
	Penang (Hokkien)	薏米, barli
	Singapore (Hokkien)	薏米, 幼米
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	薏米
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	薏米
Wu	Wenzhou	薏仁米

薏苡仁 on Japanese Wikipedia

薏(よく)苡(い)仁(にん) • (yokuinin)

(traditional Chinese medicine) seed of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen) (believed to be able to treat afflictions such as urinary tract infections)