Chinese symbol for “rube”

山药蛋

shān yao dàn

Traditional: 山藥蛋

(dialect) potato; (dialect) rube; yokel

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rube is 山药蛋 (shān yao dàn), defined as: (dialect) potato; (dialect) rube; yokel.

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Characters and stroke order

山 shān

mountain, hill, peak

radical 46 ⼭ · 3 strokes

药 yao

drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant

radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes

蛋 dàn

egg

radical 142 ⾍ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

藥 yao

Related words

Other words that share a character with 山药蛋.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
山区 (山區)	shān qū	mountain area; 个 (gè)
火山	huǒ shān	volcano
山脉 (山脈)	shān mài	mountain range; 条 (tiáo)
山地	shān dì	mountainous region; hilly area
山寨	shān zhài	fortified hill village; mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits)
山顶 (山頂)	shān dǐng	hilltop
药物 (藥物)	yào wù	medicaments; pharmaceuticals
药品 (藥品)	yào pǐn	medicaments; medicine
蛋糕	dàn gāo	cake; 块 (kuài),个 (gè)

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.