萵苣

See also: 莴苣

Chinese

		(lettuce); Lactuca sativa	lettuce
trad. (萵苣)		萵	苣
simp. (莴苣)		莴	苣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wōjù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo¹ geoi⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): o¹ ge⁶
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹u-ciu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wōjù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wojyù
    • Wade–Giles: wo¹-chü⁴
    • Yale: wō-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uojiuh
    • Palladius: воцзюй (voczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo¹ geoi⁶
    • Yale: wō geuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo¹ goey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo¹ gêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː⁵⁵ kɵy̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: o¹ ge⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: o kṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /o³³⁻²³ kɯ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹u-ciu
    • MiniDict: u^平 ciu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹u-jy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /u⁵⁵ t͡ɕy²¹/

Noun

萵苣

1. lettuce
2. celtuce

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 萵苣 (“lettuce”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		萵苣
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	萵苣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	萵苣
Cantonese	Hong Kong	生菜
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	苦蕒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	苦蕒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	苦蕒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	苦蕒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	苦蕒
Huizhou	Jixi	萵筍, 萵筍菜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	萵菜
Southern Min	Jinjiang	萵菜
	Taipei	萵仔菜
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	萵仔菜
	Kaohsiung	萵仔菜
	Yilan	萵仔菜
	Changhua (Lukang)	萵仔菜
	Taichung	萵仔菜, 劍仔菜
	Tainan	鵝仔菜
	Hsinchu	萵仔菜
	Kinmen	萵仔菜
	Penghu (Magong)	鵝仔菜
Wu	Shanghai	香萵筍, 萵苣筍, 萵筍
	Danyang	香萵筍
	Ningbo	香萵筍, 萵苣筍

Dialectal synonyms of 萵筍 (“celtuce; asparagus lettuce”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		萵筍
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	萵筍
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	萵苣
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	萵筍
	Xining	萵筍
	Xuzhou	萵苣
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	萵筍, 青筍
	Wuhan	萵苣
	Guiyang	萵筍
	Liuzhou	萵苣筍
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	萵筍
	Yangzhou	萵苣
Gan	Nanchang	萵筍
	Lichuan	萵筍
	Pingxiang	萵筍
Jin	Taiyuan	萵筍
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	萵筍
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	萵筍
Wu	Suzhou	萵苣筍
	Danyang	萵苣
	Hangzhou	萵苣筍
Xiang	Changsha	萵筍
	Loudi	萵筍

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萵	苣
ちさ
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Kanji in this term
萵	苣
ちしゃ
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 萵苣 – see the following entries.

【ちしゃチシャ】 [noun] lettuce Alternative spelling 苣

【ちさチサ】 [noun] Alternative form of ちしゃ (chisha, “lettuce”) Alternative spelling 苣

(This term, 萵苣, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)