dei6 haa6 ging3地下莖地下茎
Jyutpingdei6 haa6 ging3
Yaledeih hah ging
Definition
Rhizome; an underground stem of a plant.
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How it's used
Botanical terms like this are rarely used in casual daily conversation unless discussing gardening or biology. It functions as a precise technical noun rather than a common household word. When people talk about edible rhizomes like ginger or lotus root, they almost always use the specific name of the plant instead of the technical category.
Measure word
tiu4條tìuhExamples
Plants like ginger reproduce using rhizomes.
Do you know that lotus root is actually a type of rhizome?
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Common phrases
rhizomatous plant
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