蔬菜

Chinese

		vegetables	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (蔬菜)		蔬	菜
simp. #(蔬菜)		蔬	菜
anagram		菜蔬

蔬菜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūcài

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): so¹ coi³

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): so͘-chhài

  (Teochew, Peng'im): so¹ cai³

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵su-tshe; ¹su-tshe / ³sou₁-tshe₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūcài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shucài
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: shū-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shutsay
    • Palladius: шуцай (šucaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: so¹ coi³
    • Yale: sō choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: so¹ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: so¹ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘-chhài
    • Tâi-lô: soo-tshài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sozhaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³ t͡sʰai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: so¹ cai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: so tshài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /so³³⁻²³ t͡sʰai²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵su-tshe; ¹su-tshe
    • MiniDict: su^去 tshe; su^平 tshe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²su-tshe; ¹su-tshe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /su³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/, /su⁵⁵ t͡sʰe²¹/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³sou₁-tshe₅
    • MiniDict: sou^平 tshe^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /səu⁵² t͡sʰe¹¹/

Note:

• ⁵su tshe - also written as 素菜;
• ¹su tshe - Shanghainese, extrapolation from regular contemporary sandhi patterns. somewhat more prevalent in younger speakers or literary/proper name contexts.

Noun

蔬菜

1. vegetable; greens

   種植蔬菜／种植蔬菜  ―  zhòngzhí shūcài  ―  to plant vegetables

   綠葉蔬菜／绿叶蔬菜  ―  lǜyè shūcài  ―  leafy greens

Synonyms

• 草蔬 (cǎoshū) (literary)
• 菜蔬 (càishū)
• 青菜 (qīngcài)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 蔬菜 (“vegetables”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		菜, 蔬, 蔬菜, 菜蔬
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蔬菜, 青菜, 菜蔬
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	青菜
	Singapore	青菜, 菜, 蔬菜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	青菜
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	青菜, 菜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	小菜
	Wuhan	小菜, 青菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蔬菜
	Hefei	青菜, 蔬菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	菜
	Hong Kong	菜
	Yangjiang	菜
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	菜
	Singapore (Guangfu)	菜
Gan	Nanchang	青菜
Hakka	Meixian	青菜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	青菜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	青菜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	青菜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	青菜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	青菜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	青菜
Jin	Taiyuan	菜蔬, 菜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	青菜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	菜, 青菜
Southern Min	Xiamen	草菜, 菜蔬, 菜
	Quanzhou	草菜, 菜蔬, 菜
	Jinjiang	菜蔬
	Zhangzhou	草菜, 菜蔬, 菜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	菜
	Chaozhou	青菜, 菜
	Shantou	青菜
	Jieyang	青菜
	Singapore (Teochew)	菜
	Pontianak (Teochew)	青菜
	Singapore (Hainanese)	菜
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	瓜菜, 蔬菜
Wu	Suzhou	蔬菜
	Wenzhou	菜, 水菜
Xiang	Changsha	小菜
	Shuangfeng	蔬菜, 小菜

Derived terms

• 蔬菜汁 (shūcàizhī)

 

See also

• 水果 (shuǐguǒ)

Proper noun

蔬菜

1. (～村) Shucai (a village in Wenquan, Yingshan, Huanggang, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蔬	菜
そ Hyōgaiji	さい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

蔬(そ)菜(さい) • (sosai) 

1. vegetable; greens

   Synonym: 野菜 (“yasai”)