tongcai

Indonesian

Etymology

From Mandarin 冬菜 (dōngcài, “preserved vegetable”, literally “winter vegetable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔŋt͡ʃai̯]
• Hyphenation: tong‧cai

Noun

tongcai (first-person possessive tongcaiku, second-person possessive tongcaimu, third-person possessive tongcainya)

1. (cooking) preserved vegetable.

Further reading

• “tongcai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.