塌菜

Chinese

		collapse	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (塌菜)		塌	菜
simp. #(塌菜)		塌	菜

spoon mustard

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tācài

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taap³ coi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tācài
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tacài
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa¹-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: tā-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tatsay
    • Palladius: тацай (tacaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taap³ coi³
    • Yale: taap choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taap⁸ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tab³ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːp̚³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/

Noun

塌菜

1. Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa (syns. Brassica narinosa, Brasica rapa var. narinosa, Brassica rapa var. rosularis), an edible green vegetable known variously in English as tatsoi, spinach mustard, spoon mustard, or rosette bok choy.

Further reading

• Tatsoi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Brassica narinosa at Tropicos
• Brassica rapa var. rosularis at The Plant List
• 塌菜 at Brassibase

Japanese

塌菜 (tātsai, tāsai): a head of tatsoi greens.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
塌	菜
Hyōgaiji	Grade: 4
irregular

From Mandarin 塌菜 (tācài).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) タ​ーツァイ [táꜜàtsàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ːt͡sa̠i]

Noun

塌菜(ターツァイ) • (tātsai) 

1. Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa (syns. Brassica narinosa, Brasica rapa var. narinosa, Brassica rapa var. rosularis), an edible green vegetable known variously in English as tatsoi, spinach mustard, spoon mustard, or rosette bok choy

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
塌	菜
Hyōgaiji	Grade: 4
irregular

Shift in pronunciation from tātsai above, changing the tsa sound to sa in conformance with native Japanese phonetics.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) タ​ーサイ [táꜜàsàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ːsa̠i]

Noun

塌菜(ターサイ) or 塌菜(タアサイ) • (tāsai) 

1. Brassica narinosa or Brassica rapa var. rosularis, an edible green vegetable known variously in English as tatsoi, spinach mustard, spoon mustard, or rosette bok choy

Usage notes

The tāsai reading fits into native Japanese phonetics, and may be more common among some speakers. Some sources suggest that the tātsai reading might be considered more correct.

Further reading

• Brassica narinosa at Tropicos
• Brassica rapa var. rosularis at The Plant List
• 塌菜 at Brassibase