擇菜

Chinese

		pick over; to select; to choose pick over; to select; to choose; to pick	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (擇菜)		擇	菜
simp. (择菜)		择	菜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zháicài

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄞˊ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak⁶ coi³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): doh⁸ cai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zháicài
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄞˊ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jháicài
    • Wade–Giles: chai²-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: jái-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jairtsay
    • Palladius: чжайцай (čžajcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaak⁶ coi³
    • Yale: jaahk choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak⁹ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zag⁶ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːk̚² t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: doh⁸ cai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: to̍h tshài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʔ⁴⁻² t͡sʰai²¹³/

Verb

擇菜

1. to remove the unwanted parts of the vegetable