潺菜

Chinese

		slime; mucus	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (潺菜)		潺	菜
simp. #(潺菜)		潺	菜
alternative forms		𣺶菜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháncài

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan⁴ coi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháncài
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháncài
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan²-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: chán-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charntsay
    • Palladius: чаньцай (čanʹcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan⁴ coi³
    • Yale: sàahn choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan⁴ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: san⁴ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/

Noun

潺菜

1. (chiefly Cantonese) Malabar spinach (Basella alba)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 落葵 (“Malabar spinach”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蔠葵, 蘩露
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		落葵
Taxonomic name		落葵
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	皇宮菜
	Singapore	帝皇菜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	軟漿葉, 軟漿子
	Guiyang	木耳菜, 貓耳朵菜
	Liuzhou	藤菜
	Nanning (Wuming)	藤菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	木耳菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	潺菜, 藤菜
	Hong Kong	潺菜
	Dongguan	藤線菜, 潺菜
	Nanning	藤菜
Gan	Pingxiang	木耳菜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	藤菜
Wu	Shanghai	紫角葉
	Suzhou	紫草葉, 紫葛葉
	Hangzhou	木耳菜
	Wenzhou	木耳菜
Xiang	Changsha	木耳菜

Descendants

• → English: saan choy, shan tsoi