蠶菜
Chinese
| silkworm | dish (type of food); vegetables | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (蠶菜) | 蠶 | 菜 | |
| simp. (蚕菜) | 蚕 | 菜 | |
| alternative forms | 潺菜 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cáncài
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄘㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cáncài
- Wade–Giles: tsʻan2-tsʻai4
- Yale: tsán-tsài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarntsay
- Palladius: цаньцай (canʹcaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: caam4 coi3
- Yale: chàahm choi
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam4 tsoi3
- Guangdong Romanization: cam4 coi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaːm²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
蠶菜
- (chiefly Cantonese) Malabar spinach (Basella alba)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 落葵 (“Malabar spinach”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 蔠葵, 蘩露 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 落葵 | |
| Taxonomic name | 落葵 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 皇宮菜 |
| Singapore | 帝皇菜 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 軟漿葉, 軟漿子 |
| Guiyang | 木耳菜, 貓耳朵菜 | |
| Liuzhou | 藤菜 | |
| Nanning (Wuming) | 藤菜 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 木耳菜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 潺菜, 藤菜 |
| Hong Kong | 潺菜 | |
| Dongguan | 藤線菜, 潺菜 | |
| Nanning | 藤菜 | |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 木耳菜 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 藤菜 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 紫角葉 |
| Suzhou | 紫草葉, 紫葛葉 | |
| Hangzhou | 木耳菜 | |
| Wenzhou | 木耳菜 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 木耳菜 |