芽菜
Chinese
| bud; sprout | dish (type of food); vegetables | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (芽菜) | 芽 | 菜 | |
| simp. #(芽菜) | 芽 | 菜 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yácài
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄘㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yácài
- Wade–Giles: ya2-tsʻai4
- Yale: yá-tsài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yatsay
- Palladius: яцай (jacaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jä³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: ya2 cai4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iacai
- Sinological IPA (key): /ia²¹ t͡sʰai²¹³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ngaa4 coi3
- Yale: ngàh choi
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa4 tsoi3
- Guangdong Romanization: nga4 coi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋaː²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: nga3 toi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ᵑɡa²² tʰᵘɔi³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
芽菜
- (Anqing Mandarin, Cantonese) bean sprouts (especially of mung beans)
- (chiefly Sichuanese) pickled mustard greens
- (figurative) musical note
Synonyms
- (bean sprout):
Dialectal synonyms of 豆芽 (“bean sprouts”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 豆芽 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 豆芽兒 |
| Taiwan | 豆芽, 豆芽菜 | |
| Singapore | 豆芽 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 芽菜 |
| Hong Kong | 芽菜 | |
| Taishan | 芽菜 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 芽菜 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 芽菜 | |
| Ipoh (Guangfu) | 芽菜 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 芽菜 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 豆芽 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 豆芽 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 豆芽, 豆菜 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 豆芽 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 豆芽 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 豆芽 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 豆芽 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 豆菜, 豆芽 |
| Quanzhou | 豆芽, 豆生 | |
| Jinjiang | 豆生, 豆青 | |
| Zhangzhou | 豆芽 | |
| New Taipei (Tamsui) | 豆菜 | |
| New Taipei (Pingxi) | 豆菜 | |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 豆菜 | |
| Yilan (Toucheng) | 豆菜 | |
| Tainan | 豆菜 | |
| Penghu (Xiyu) | 豆菜 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 豆菜, 豆芽 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 豆芽 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 豆芽 | |
| Chaozhou | 豆生 | |
| Shantou | 豆芽 | |
| Jieyang | 豆生 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 豆芽 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 豆菜 |
| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 豆菜, 豆芽 | |
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 豆菜 | |
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 豆菜 | |
| Xianyou | 豆菜 | |
| Xianyou (Fengting) | 豆菜 | |
| Xianyou (Youyang) | 豆菜 | |