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馬鈴薯

mǎlíngshǔ

ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄨˇ

Simplified 马铃薯 · mainland 土豆

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In Taiwan

The Taiwan word for potato. The mainland's colloquial 土豆 means peanut in Taiwan (from Taiwanese thô͘-tāu), a reliable source of cross-strait menu confusion.

Example

這道菜要放馬鈴薯和紅蘿蔔。

zhè dào cài yào fàng mǎlíngshǔ hàn hóngluóbo

This dish needs potatoes and carrots in it.

Keep 馬鈴薯 and it comes back until you know it.

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