苤藍

Chinese

			blue; indigo plant; surname
trad. (苤藍)		苤	藍
simp. (苤蓝)		苤	蓝
alternative forms		撇藍／撇蓝 苤拉 (piěla) dialectal 撇拉 (piěla) dialectal

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piělan, piělán, piěla

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄝˇ ˙ㄌㄢ, ㄆㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄢˊ, ㄆㄧㄝˇ ˙ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei² laam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piělan
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄝˇ ˙ㄌㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piělån
    • Wade–Giles: pʻieh³-lan⁵
    • Yale: pyě-lan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piee.lan
    • Palladius: пелань (pelanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴ län⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piělán
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piělán
    • Wade–Giles: pʻieh³-lan²
    • Yale: pyě-lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pieelan
    • Palladius: пелань (pelanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ län³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piěla
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄝˇ ˙ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piělå
    • Wade–Giles: pʻieh³-la⁵
    • Yale: pyě-la
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piee.la
    • Palladius: пела (pela)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴ lä⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei² laam⁴
    • Yale: péi làahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei² laam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi² lam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯³⁵ laːm²¹/

Noun

苤藍

1. kohlrabi

Synonyms

• 大頭菜／大头菜 (dàtóucài)
• 擘藍／擘蓝 (bòlán)
• 珠莖甘藍／珠茎甘蓝 (zhūjīng gānlán)
• 球莖甘藍／球茎甘蓝

 

Dialectal synonyms of 苤藍 (“kohlrabi”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		球莖甘藍, 苤藍
Taxonomic name		球莖甘藍
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	苤藍
	Taiwan	大頭菜, 結頭菜
	Chengde	苤藍
	Chifeng	苤藍疙瘩
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	苤藍
	Heihe	苤藍
	Qiqihar	苤藍疙瘩
	Harbin	苤藍, 苤藍疙瘩
	Jiamusi	苤藍, 苤藍疙瘩
	Baicheng	苤藍
	Changchun	苤藍
	Tonghua	苤藍
	Shenyang	苤藍
	Jinzhou	苤藍
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	苤藍
	Tangshan	苤藍
	Cangzhou	苤藍
	Baoding	苤藍
	Shijiazhuang	苤藍
	Lijin	苤藍
	Jinan	苤藍
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	苤藍
	Dandong	苤藍
	Yantai	苤藍
	Qingdao	苤藍
	Zhucheng	苤藍
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	苤藍
	Jining	苤藍
	Wanrong	扯藍
	Linfen	苤藍
	Shangqiu	苤藍
	Zhengzhou	苤藍
	Lingbao	芥蓮
	Xinyang	苤藍
	Xi'an	苤蓮
	Baoji	扯蓮
	Tianshui	苴蓮
	Xining	苴蓮
	Xuzhou	苤藍, 苤藍菜
	Fuyang	苤藍
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	苤蓮, 苴蓮
	Lanzhou	苤蓮, 苴蓮
	Dunhuang	苴蓮
	Hami	苴蓮
	Ürümqi	苴蓮, 苤藍
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	苤藍
	Nanchong	苴藍
	Dazhou	苴藍
	Hanyuan	苤藍
	Xichang	苤藍
	Zigong	苤藍
	Chongqing	苴藍
	Wuhan	苤藍
	Yichang	苤藍
	Xiangyang	苤藍
	Tianmen	苤藍
	Guiyang	苤藍
	Zunyi	苤藍
	Bijie	苤藍
	Liping	苤藍
	Zhaotong	苤藍
	Dali	苤藍
	Kunming	苤藍
	Mengzi	苤藍
	Liuzhou	芥藍頭, 芥藍球, 嘎喇頭
	Changde	芥藍
	Hanzhong	苤藍
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	苤藍
	Yangzhou	苤藍菜
	Lianyungang	藍疙瘩
	Lianshui	苤藍菜
	Anqing	苤藍
	Wuhu	苤藍
	Hefei	苤辣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	芥蘭頭
	Hong Kong	芥蘭頭
	Kaiping (Chikan)	椰菜頭
	Dongguan	芥蘭頭
Gan	Lichuan	芥藍球
	Pingxiang	芥藍頭
Hakka	Meixian	頭菜, 芥蘭頭
Jin	Taiyuan	苤藍
	Yangyuan	苤藍
	Datong	苤藍
	Xinzhou	苤藍
	Lüliang (Lishi)	玉蔓菁
	Changzhi	苤藍
	Linhe	苤藍
	Jining	苤蓮
	Hohhot	苤藍
	Erenhot	苤藍
	Pingshan	苤藍
	Zhangjiakou	苤藍
	Handan	苤藍
	Linzhou	苤藍
Southern Min	Shantou	芥藍頭
Xiang	Changsha	芥藍頭