快菜
Chinese
| fast; quick; swift | dish (type of food); vegetables | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (快菜) | 快 | 菜 | |
| simp. #(快菜) | 快 | 菜 | |
| alternative forms | 筷菜 | ||
Etymology
Sailors' euphemism for 韭菜. Due to homophony of 韭 and 久 (“long (time)”), 韭 is replaced with 快 (“fast; quick”). Compare 筷子 (kuàizi, “chopsticks”).
Pronunciation
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: 'kuai3 cai3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˈkʰuai²¹³⁻²⁴ t͡sʰai²¹³/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khoai-chhoi
- Hakka Romanization System: kuai coi
- Hagfa Pinyim: kuai4 coi4
- Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯ai̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 快菜
- (dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, dated in Gan, euphemistic) Chinese leek; Chinese chives(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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