髮菜
Chinese
| hair | dish (type of food); vegetables | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (髮菜) | 髮 | 菜 | |
| simp. (发菜) | 发 | 菜 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fad5 coi4
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7faq-tshe
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fa6 cai4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fàcài
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˋ ㄘㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fàcài
- Wade–Giles: fa4-tsʻai4
- Yale: fà-tsài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fahtsay
- Palladius: фацай (facaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fǎcài
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄘㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fǎcài
- Wade–Giles: fa3-tsʻai4
- Yale: fǎ-tsài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faatsay
- Palladius: фацай (facaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: faat3 coi3
- Yale: faat choi
- Cantonese Pinyin: faat8 tsoi3
- Guangdong Romanization: fad3 coi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /faːt̚³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: fat1 toi1*
- Sinological IPA (key): /fat̚³³ tʰᵘɔi³³⁻³³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-chhài
- Tâi-lô: huat-tshài
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoatzhaix
- IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰai²¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: huêg4 cai3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huek tshài
- Sinological IPA (key): /huek̚²⁻⁴ t͡sʰai²¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore)
- Wu
- Xiang
Noun
髮菜
- fat choy (the terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc flagelliforme, which is eaten as a vegetable in Chinese cuisine)
Usage notes
- This is often considered an auspicious vegetable because it is near-homophonous to 發財／发财 (fācái, “to make a fortune”).
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 髮菜 (“hair moss; fat choy”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 髮菜, 頭髮菜 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 髮菜 |
| Singapore | 髮菜 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 髮菜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 頭髮菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 髮菜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 髮菜 |
| Hong Kong | 髮菜 | |
| Taishan | 髮菜 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 髮菜 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 髮菜 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 髮菜 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 髮菜 | |
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 頭毛菜 | |
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 頭那毛菜 | |
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 頭毛菜 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 頭毛菜 |
| Zhangzhou | 頭毛菜 | |
| Kaohsiung | 頭毛菜 | |
| Yilan (Toucheng) | 頭毛菜 | |
| Tainan | 頭毛菜 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 頭毛菜 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 髮菜, 頭毛菜 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 髮菜, 頭毛菜 | |
| Bangkok (Teochew) | 髮菜, 頭毛菜 | |
| Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 髮菜, 毛菜 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 髮菜 |
| Suzhou | 頭髮菜 | |
| Hangzhou | 髮菜, 頭髮菜 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 髮菜 |
Descendants
- → English: fat choy