髮菜
Chinese edit
| hair | dish (type of food); vegetables | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (髮菜) | 髮 | 菜 | |
| simp. (发菜) | 发 | 菜 | |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
髮菜
- fat choy (the terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc flagelliforme, which is eaten as a vegetable in Chinese cuisine)
Usage notes edit
- This is often considered an auspicious vegetable because it is near-homophonous to 發財／发财 (fācái, “to make a fortune”).
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 髮菜 (“hair moss; fat choy”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 髮菜, 頭髮菜 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 髮菜 |
| Yinchuan | 頭髮菜 | |
| Xining | 髮菜 | |
| Liuzhou | 髮菜 | |
| Singapore | 髮菜 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 髮菜 |
| Hong Kong | 髮菜 | |
| Taishan | 髮菜 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 髮菜 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 髮菜 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 髮菜 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 髮菜 | |
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 頭毛菜 | |
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 頭那毛菜 | |
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 頭毛菜 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 頭毛菜 |
| Zhangzhou | 頭毛菜 | |
| Kaohsiung | 頭毛菜 | |
| Yilan (Toucheng) | 頭毛菜 | |
| Tainan | 頭毛菜 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 頭毛菜 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 髮菜, 頭毛菜 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 髮菜, 頭毛菜 | |
| Bangkok (Teochew) | 髮菜, 頭毛菜 | |
| Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 髮菜, 毛菜 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 髮菜 |
| Suzhou | 頭髮菜 | |
| Hangzhou | 髮菜, 頭髮菜 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 髮菜 |
Descendants edit
- → English: fat choy