芥菜

Chinese

		Brassica juncea	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (芥菜)		芥	菜
simp. #(芥菜)		芥	菜
alternative forms		蓋菜／盖菜 gàicài

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiècài, gàicài

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄘㄞˋ, ㄍㄞˋ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai³ coi³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kie-chhoi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kòa-chhài
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ka-tshe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiècài
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiècài
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: jyè-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehtsay
    • Palladius: цзецай (czecaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gàicài
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˋ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gàicài
    • Wade–Giles: kai⁴-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: gài-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaytsay
    • Palladius: гайцай (gajcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

Note:

• gàicài:
  • a special kind of 芥菜(jiècài).

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai³ coi³
    • Yale: gaai choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai³ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai³ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kie-chhoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: gie coi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gie⁴ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯e⁵⁵ t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòa-chhài
    • Tâi-lô: kuà-tshài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koarzhaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kua²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kua²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kua¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰai²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ka-tshe
    • MiniDict: ka^平 tshe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ka-tshe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ka⁵⁵ t͡sʰe²¹/

Noun

芥菜

1. Chinese mustard

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 芥菜 (“Chinese mustard greens”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		芥菜
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	芥菜
	Singapore	芥菜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	芥菜, 衝菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	芥菜
	Hong Kong	芥菜
	Singapore (Guangfu)	芥菜
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	芥菜, 大菜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	芥菜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	芥菜, 大菜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	芥菜, 大菜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	芥菜, 大菜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	芥菜, 大菜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	春不老
Southern Min	Anxi	芥菜
	Tainan	芥菜
	Penang (Hokkien)	芥菜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	芥菜
	Shantou	大菜
	Jieyang	大菜
	Singapore (Teochew)	大菜
Wu	Shanghai	芥菜

Derived terms

• 六月芥菜——假有心
• 十月芥菜——起心
• 芥菜籽 (jiècàizǐ)

 

See also

• (Hakka) 長年菜／长年菜