韭菜
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Chinese[edit]
leek | dish (type of food); vegetables | ||
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trad. (韭菜/韮菜) | 韭/韮 | 菜 | |
simp. (韭菜) | 韭 | 菜 |
Etymology[edit]
The neologism sense comes from the fact that garlic chives are able to regrow after their part above the ground is cut off.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
韭菜
- garlic chive; Chinese chive (Allium tuberosum)
- (Mainland China, neologism, figurative, Internet slang) someone who can be repeatedly deceived and exploited, especially by the government or the stock market; dupe; shitizen
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 韭菜 (“garlic chives”) [map]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Malay: kucai
- → Mongolian: жууцай (žuucaj)
- → Kazakh: жұсай (jūsai)
- → Khmer: គូឆាយ (kuuchaay)
- → Russian: джусай (džusaj)
- → Thai: กุยช่าย (gui-châai)
References[edit]
- “Entry #5660”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
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