| 山药 | shān yao | Dioscorea polystachya / yam |  |
| 番薯 | fān shǔ | (dialect) sweet potato / yam |  |
| 地瓜 | dì guā | sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) / yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) / (TCM) digua fig (Ficus tikoua Bur.) | |
| 淮山 | Huái shān | Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya), aka nagaimo | |
| 红苕 | hóng sháo | (dialect) sweet potato or yam | |
| 藷 |  shǔ | potato / yam | |
| 任达华 | Rèn Dá huá | Simon Yam Tat-Wah (1955-), Hong Kong actor and film producer | |
| 参薯 | shēn shǔ | Dioscorea alata (Kinampay or aromatic purple yam, a sweet root crop) | |
| 地瓜面 | dì guā miàn | sweet potato or yam noodles | |
| 芋泥 | Yù ní | yam paste (a snack in Chaozhou cuisine) | |
| 豆薯 | dòu shǔ | yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root | |
| 豆薯属 | dòu shǔ shǔ | yam bean / Pachyrhizus genus | |
| 薯蓣 | shǔ yù | Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya) | |
| 任达华 | Rén Dá huá | Simon Yam Tat-Wah (1955-), Hong Kong actor and film producer | |
