菠菜

Chinese edit

	phonetic	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (菠菜)	菠	菜
simp. ^#(菠菜)	菠	菜
alternative forms	波菜

Etymology edit

From earlier 波斯菜 (bōsīcài), from 波斯 (Bōsī, “Persia”) + 菜 (cài, “greens, vegetable”). Alternatively, short for 菠薐菜 (bōléngcài). Compare the etymology of English spinach.

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bōcài

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛㄘㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ coi³
Gan (Wiktionary): 'bo¹ cai³
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): bo¹ coi⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): po-chhài
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹pu-tshe
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bo¹ cai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bōcài
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛㄘㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bocài
  - Wade–Giles: po¹-tsʻai⁴
  - Yale: bwō-tsài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: botsay
  - Palladius: боцай (bocaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bo¹ coi³
  - Yale: bō choi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ tsoi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ coi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'bo¹ cai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈpo⁴² t͡sʰai²¹³/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bo¹ coi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /po⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰoɪ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po-chhài
  - Tâi-lô: po-tshài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poizhaix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /po⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /po³³ t͡sʰai⁴¹/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹pu-tshe
  - MiniDict: pu^平 tshe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pu-tshe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pu⁵⁵ t͡sʰe²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: bo¹ cai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po³³ t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵/

Noun edit

菠菜

spinach
我從不吃菠菜。我就是不喜歡那味兒。 [MSC, trad.]
我从不吃菠菜。我就是不喜欢那味儿。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ cóngbù chī bōcài. Wǒ jiùshì bù xǐhuān nà wèir. [Pinyin]
I never eat spinach. I just don't like the taste.

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 菠菜 (“spinach”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		菠薐
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		菠菜
Taxonomic name		菠菜
Mandarin	Beijing	菠菜
	Taiwan	菠菜
	Tianjin	菠菜
	Langfang	菠菜
	Tangshan	菠菜
	Cangzhou	菠菜
	Baoding	青菜
	Shijiazhuang	青菜
	Daming	菠菜
	Harbin	菠菜
	Yantai (Muping)	菠菜
	Qingdao	菠菜
	Jinan	菠菜
	Luoyang	菠菜
	Wanrong	菠菜
	Zhengzhou	菠菜
	Xi'an	菠菜
	Yinchuan	菠菜
	Lanzhou	綠菠菜
	Xining	菠菜
	Ürümqi	菠菜
	Wuhan	菠菜, 紅嘴綠鸚哥
	Chengdu	菠菜
	Guiyang	菠菜
	Kunming	菠菜
	Guilin	菠菜
	Liuzhou	菠菜
	Xuzhou	菠菜
	Yangzhou	菠菜
	Nanjing	菠菜
	Hefei	菠菜
	Singapore	菠菜
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	菠菜
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	菠菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	菠菜
	Hong Kong	菠菜
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	菠菜
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	菠菜
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	角菜
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	角菜
	Macau	菠菜
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	菠菜
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	菠菜
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	菠菜
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	菠菜
	Foshan	菠菜
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	菠菜
	Foshan (Shunde)	菠菜
	Foshan (Sanshui)	菠菜
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	菠菜
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	菠菜
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	菠菜
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	菠菜
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	菠菜
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	菠菜
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	菠菜
	Taishan	菠菜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	菠菜
	Enping (Niujiang)	菠菜
	Heshan (Yayao)	菠菜
	Dongguan	菠薐菜, 菠薐
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	菠菜
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	角菜
	Qingyuan	菠菜, 角菜
	Fogang	角菜
	Yingde (Hanguang)	角菜
	Yangshan	角菜
	Lianshan (Butian)	角菜
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	菠菜, 菠薐
	Shaoguan	菠菜
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	菠菜
	Renhua	角菜
	Lechang	角菜, 菠菜
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	菠菜
	Sihui	角菜, 菠菜
	Guangning	角菜
	Deqing	菠菜
	Huaiji	角菜
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	菠薐
	Yunfu	菠菜
	Xinxing	菠菜
	Luoding	菠菜
	Yunan (Pingtai)	菠菜
	Yangjiang	菠薐菜
	Xinyi	菠菜
	Lianjiang	菠菜
	Nanning	菠菜
	Wuzhou	菠菜
	Yulin	菠薐
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	菠菜
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	菠菜
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	菠菜
Gan	Nanchang	菠菜, 紅嘴綠鸚哥
	Lichuan	菠菜
	Pingxiang	菠菜
Hakka	Meixian	角菜, 角菜仔, 菠菜
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	菠菜, 角菜
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	角菜
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	角菜
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	角菜
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	角菜
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	角菜
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	角菜
	Boluo (Bendihua)	角菜
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	角菜
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	角菜
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	菠菜
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	角菜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	角菜
	Wuhua (Changbu)	菠菜
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	菠菜
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	角菜
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	菠菜
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	菠菜, 角菜
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	菠菜
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	角菜
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	角菜
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	角菜
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	角菜
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	角菜
	Jiexi	菠薐菜
	Raoping (Xinfeng)	菠薐菜
	Changting	菠薐菜
	Wuping	菠薐菜
	Liancheng	菠薐菜
	Yudu	菠菜, 菠薐
	Ruijin	菠薐
	Shicheng	菠菜
	Shangyou (Shexi)	菠菜
	Taoyuan	角菜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	角菜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	角菜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	角菜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	角菜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	角菜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	角子菜
	Hong Kong	角菜
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	菠菜
	Sabah (Longchuan)	菠菜
	Senai (Huiyang)	菠菜
Huizhou	Jixi	菠菜
	Shexian	菠菜
	Tunxi	甜菜, 菠菜
	Xiuning	菠菜, 甜菜
	Yixian	菠龍
	Qimen	菠菜
	Wuyuan	菠菜
Jin	Taiyuan	菠菜, 青菜
	Pingyao	青菜
	Xinzhou	青菜
	Hohhot	菠菜
	Zhangjiakou	菠菜
	Handan	青菜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	菠薐
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	菠薐菜
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	菠薐
	Jianyang	菠薐
	Wuyishan	菠薐
	Pucheng (Shibei)	菠薐
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	菠薐菜, 菠薐
	Changle	菠薐菜
	Fuqing	菠薐菜
	Yongtai	紅根菜
	Gutian	紅根菜
	Fu'an	紅頭菜
	Ningde	紅根菜
	Shouning	紅根菜
	Zhouning	紅頭菜
	Fuding	紅根菜
Southern Min	Xiamen	菠薐菜, 赤根菜
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	赤根
	Quanzhou	菠倫菜
	Zhangzhou	菠薐菜
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	菠薐仔
	Dongshan	菠薐菜
	Taipei	菠薐仔, 菠薐仔菜
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	菠薐仔
	Kaohsiung	菠薐仔
	Yilan	菠薐仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	菠薐仔, 菠薐仔菜
	Taichung	菠薐仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	菠薐仔菜
	Tainan	菠薐仔, 菠薐
	Taitung	菠薐仔
	Hsinchu	菠薐菜, 菠薐仔
	Kinmen	菠薐菜
	Penghu (Magong)	菠薐
	Penang (Hokkien)	菠薐, bayam菜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	菠薐菜, 菠薐仔, 菠薐
	Manila (Hokkien)	菠倫菜
	Longyan	角仔菜
	Zhangping	角仔菜
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	角仔菜
	Datian	紅根菜
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	菠菜
	Chaozhou	菠薐
	Raoping	菠薐
	Shantou	菠薐
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	菠菜
	Jieyang	菠薐
	Bangkok (Teochew)	菠薐
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	菠薐
	Leizhou	菠菜
	Wenchang	菠菜
	Haikou	菠菜
	Qionghai	菠菜
Puxian Min	Putian	明菜, 菠菜
	Putian (Donghai)	明菜
	Xianyou	明菜
Central Min	Yong'an	菠薐菜
	Sanyuan	紅頭菜
	Shaxian	紅頭菜
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	菠菜
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	菠菜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	菠菜
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	菠菜
Wu	Shanghai	菠菜
	Shanghai (Chongming)	菠菜
	Suzhou	菠菜
	Danyang	菠菜
	Hangzhou	菠菜
	Ningbo	菠薐, 菠菜
	Wenzhou	菠薐菜, 菠薐
	Jinhua	菠薐菜
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	菠薐菜
	Yongkang	菠薐菜
	Pujiang	菠薐菜
	Dongyang	菠薐菜
	Pan'an	菠薐菜
	Wuyi	菠薐菜
Xiang	Changsha	菠菜, 扯根菜
	Xiangtan	菠菜, 甜頭菜
	Loudi	菠菜, 扯根菜
	Shuangfeng	扯根菜
	Quanzhou	菠菜