通菜

Chinese

		go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (通菜)		通	菜
simp. #(通菜)		通	菜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōngcài

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ coi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thong-chhài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōngcài
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tongcài
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung¹-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: tūng-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongtsay
    • Palladius: тунцай (tuncaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung¹ coi³
    • Yale: tūng choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-chhài
    • Tâi-lô: thong-tshài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tongzhaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ³³ t͡sʰai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹/

Noun

通菜

1. (chiefly Cantonese) water spinach

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 空心菜 (“water spinach”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蕹菜
Taxonomic name		蕹菜
Mandarin	Beijing	空心菜
	Taiwan	空心菜
	Harbin	空心菜
	Jinan	空心菜
	Yinchuan	空心菜
	Chengdu	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Guiyang	藤藤菜, 空茼菜
	Liuzhou	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Xuzhou	空心菜
	Yangzhou	空心菜
	Nanjing	空心菜, 蕹菜, 藤藤菜 dated
	Nantong	空心菜
	Singapore	空心菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蕹菜, 通菜, 通心菜, 抽筋菜
	Hong Kong	蕹菜, 通菜, 抽筋菜
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	蕹菜
	Taishan	蕹菜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蕹菜
	Dongguan	蕹菜
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蕹菜
Gan	Nanchang	蕹菜
	Lichuan	蕹菜
	Pingxiang	蕹菜
Hakka	Meixian	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Xingning	蕹菜
	Huidong (Daling)	蕹菜
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蕹菜
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	蕹菜
	Changting	蕹菜
	Wuping	蕹菜
	Wuping (Pingyu)	蕹菜
	Liancheng	蕹菜
	Ninghua	蕹菜
	Yudu	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Ruijin	蕹菜
	Shicheng	蕹菜
	Shangyou (Shexi)	蕹菜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蕹菜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蕹菜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蕹菜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蕹菜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蕹菜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蕹菜
	Hong Kong	蕹菜
	Sabah (Longchuan)	蕹菜
	Senai (Huiyang)	蕹菜
Huizhou	Jixi	空心菜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蕹菜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蕹菜
	Fuqing	蕹菜
	Matsu	蕹菜
Southern Min	Xiamen	蕹菜
	Quanzhou	蕹菜
	Hui'an	竹菜
	Zhangzhou	蕹菜
	Taipei	蕹菜
	Kaohsiung	蕹菜
	Yilan	蕹菜
	Changhua (Lukang)	蕹菜
	Taichung	蕹菜
	Taichung (Wuqi)	蕹菜
	Tainan	蕹菜
	Taitung	蕹菜
	Hsinchu	蕹菜
	Penghu (Magong)	蕹菜
	Penang (Hokkien)	蕹菜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蕹菜, kangkung
	Manila (Hokkien)	蕹菜
	Chaozhou	蕹菜
	Shantou	蕹菜
	Haifeng	蕹菜
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蕹菜
	Leizhou	蕹菜
	Haikou	蕹菜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蕹菜, 空心菜
Wu	Shanghai	蕹菜
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蕹菜
	Suzhou	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Danyang	空心菜, 藤菜
	Hangzhou	空心菜
	Ningbo	蕹菜
	Wenzhou	空心菜
	Jinhua	藤菜, 空心菜
Xiang	Changsha	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Loudi	蕹菜, 藤菜, 空心菜