野菜

Chinese

		field; plain; open space field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; wild	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (野菜)		野	菜
simp. #(野菜)		野	菜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yěcài

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ ㄘㄞˋ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yâ-chhoi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iá-chhài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yěcài
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yěcài
    • Wade–Giles: yeh³-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: yě-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeetsay
    • Palladius: ецай (jecaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâ-chhoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ia´ coi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ya¹ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yâ-chhoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ia´ coi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ya¹ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iá-chhài
    • Tâi-lô: iá-tshài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafzhaix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai²¹/

Noun

野菜

1. edible wild herbs, spices or vegetables

Japanese

Kanji in this term
野	菜
や Grade: 2	さい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やさい [yàsáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠sa̠i]

Noun

野(や)菜(さい) • (yasai) 

1. vegetable
2. (slang) grass, marijuana

   Synonyms: 大麻 (taima), マリファナ (marifana)

Derived terms

• 中(ちゅう)国(ごく)野(や)菜(さい) (chūgoku yasai)
• 乾(かん)燥(そう)野(や)菜(さい) (kansō yasai)
• 有(ゆう)色(しょく)野(や)菜(さい) (yūshoku yasai)
• 清(せい)浄(じょう)野(や)菜(さい) (seijō yasai)
• 淡(たん)色(しょく)野(や)菜(さい) (tanshoku yasai)
• 温(おん)野(や)菜(さい) (on yasai)
• 生(なま)野(や)菜(さい) (nama yasai)
• 緑(りょく)黄(おう)色(しょく)野(や)菜(さい) (ryokuōshoku yasai)
• 花(はな)野(や)菜(さい) (hanayasai)
• 西(せい)洋(よう)野(や)菜(さい) (seiyō yasai)
• 野(や)菜(さい)サラダ (yasaisarada)
• 野(や)菜(さい)売(う)り (yasai uri)
• 野(や)菜(さい)汁(じる) (yasaijiru)
• 野(や)菜(さい)炒(いた)め (yasai itame)
• 野(や)菜(さい)物(もの) (yasaimono)
• 野(や)菜(さい)畑(ばたけ) (yasaibatake)
• 香(こう)味(み)野(や)菜(さい) (kōmi yasai)
• 高(こう)原(げん)野(や)菜(さい) (kōgen yasai)

 

References

• 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
野	菜

Noun

野菜 • (yachae) (hangeul 야채)

1. Hanja form^? of 야채 (“vegetable”).

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
野	菜
や Grade: 2	しぇー Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 野菜 (yasai).

Noun

野(や)菜(しぇー) (yashē) 

1. vegetable