素菜

Chinese

		plain; element	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (素菜)		素	菜
simp. #(素菜)		素	菜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): sùcài

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄘㄞˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): su⁴ cai⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ coi³
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'su⁴ cai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sò͘-chhài
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵su-tshe / ⁵sou-tshe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sùcài
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùcài
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: sù-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhtsay
    • Palladius: суцай (sucaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: su⁴ cai⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sucai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su²¹³ t͡sʰai²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou³ coi³
    • Yale: sou choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'su⁴ cai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈsu³⁵ t͡sʰai²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘-chhài
    • Tâi-lô: sòo-tshài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sorzhaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰai²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵su-tshe
    • MiniDict: su^去 tshe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²su-tshe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /su³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁵sou-tshe
    • MiniDict: sou^去 tshe
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /səu⁵² t͡sʰe³³/

Note: ⁵su tshe - Shanghainese, "vegetables", also written as 蔬菜.

Noun

素菜

1. vegetable dish; vegetarian dish
2. (dialectal Northern Wu) Alternative form of 蔬菜 (⁵su tshe, “vegetables”)

Synonyms

(vegetarian dish):

• 齋菜／斋菜 (zhāicài)
• (Wu) 素小菜

(vegetable):

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	Shaxi (Longdu)	瓜菜, 蔬菜
Wu	Suzhou	蔬菜
	Wenzhou	菜, 水菜
Xiang	Changsha	小菜
	Shuangfeng	蔬菜, 小菜

Derived terms

• 素菜館／素菜馆 (sùcàiguǎn)