烏甜仔菜

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	sweet	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (烏甜仔菜)		烏	甜	仔	菜
simp. (乌甜仔菜)		乌	甜	仔	菜

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-tiⁿ-á-chhài

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-tiⁿ-á-chhài
    • Tâi-lô: oo-tinn-á-tshài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'dvi'afzhaix
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ tĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ tĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai²¹/

Noun

烏甜仔菜

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 龍葵 (“black nightshade”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		龍葵
Taxonomic name		龍葵
Mandarin	Beijing	黑星星兒, 涼涼茄兒
	Taiwan	龍葵
	Harbin	黑星星
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	烏鈕草, 烏𪐞子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	烏鈕仔草, 烏𪐞子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	烏鈕草, 烏𪐞子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	烏鈕草, 烏姑草, 烏𪐞子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	烏鈕草, 烏鈕仔草, 烏𪐞子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	烏子菜, 烏點葵
Southern Min	Xiamen	烏點規, 五提茄, 七粒紐
	Taipei	烏子仔菜 GT, 烏子仔草 GT, 烏鬼仔菜 GT, 烏刺茄 GT, 烏仔菜 GT, 烏子茄 GT
	Tainan	烏甜仔菜
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)