山芋 [－－]

Jyutping saan1 wu6
Pinyin shān yù

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. sweet potato
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, Sichuanese
    taro grown on dry land
  2. noun
    taro
  3. noun, Taiwanese-Hokkien
    Alocasia odora (elephant ear)
  4. noun, Gan, Huizhou, Jin, Mandarin, Wu, dialectal
    sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
  5. noun, Yinchuan
    potato
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    呢件事已经成为咗烫手山芋，边个接手就死边个。
    呢件事已經成為咗燙手山芋，邊個接手就死邊個。
    ni1 gin6 si6 ji5 ging1 sing4 wai4 zo2 tong3 sau2 saan1 wu6, bin1 go3 zip3 sau2 zau6 sei2 bin1 go3
    • This issue has become a hot potato. Anyone who takes it on ends up the worse for it .