| 薯 | [ shǔ ] potato, yam |
| 薯條 | [ shǔ ] french fries, french fried potatoes, chips |
| 薯片 | [ shǔ piàn ] fried potato chips |
| 薯蕷 | [ shǔ yù ] Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya) |
| 薯餅 | [ shǔ bǐng ] hash browns, croquette |
| ⇒ 參薯 | [ shēn shǔ ] Dioscorea alata (Kinampay or aromatic purple yam, a sweet root crop) |
| ⇒ 木薯 | [ mù shǔ ] cassava, a tropical tuber plant |
| ⇒ 木薯澱粉 | [ mù shǔ diàn fěn ] tapioca |
| ⇒ 炸薯條 | [ zhá shǔ ] french fries |
| ⇒ 炸薯片 | [ zhá shǔ piàn ] potato chip |
| ⇒ 炸薯球 | [ zhà shǔ qiú ] tater tot |
| ⇒ 甘薯 | [ gān shǔ ] sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas |
| ⇒ 番薯 | [ fān shǔ ] (dialect) sweet potato, yam |
| ⇒ 當官不為民做主不如回家賣紅薯 | [ dāng guān bù weì mín zuò zhǔ bù rú huí jiā maì hóng shǔ ] if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes |
| ⇒ 白薯 | [ baí shǔ ] sweet potato |
| ⇒ 種薯 | [ zhǒng shǔ ] seed tuber |
| ⇒ 紅薯 | [ hóng shǔ ] sweet potato |
| ⇒ 豆薯 | [ doù shǔ ] yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root |
| ⇒ 豆薯屬 | [ doù shǔ shǔ ] yam bean, Pachyrhizus genus |
| ⇒ 馬鈴薯 | [ mǎ líng shǔ ] potato |
| ⇒ 馬鈴薯泥 | [ mǎ líng shǔ ní ] mashed potato |
| ⇒ 魚薯 | [ yú shǔ ] fish and chips (abbr. for 炸魚薯條|炸鱼薯条[zha2 yu2 shu3 tiao2]) |