泡菜

Chinese

		to steep; soak; bubble(s) to steep; soak; bubble(s); foam; puffed; swollen	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (泡菜)		泡	菜
simp. #(泡菜)		泡	菜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàocài

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˋ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau³ coi³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phau-chhoi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phàu-chhài
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹phau₅-tshe; ⁵phau-tshe / ³phau₅-tshe₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàocài
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˋ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàocài
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao⁴-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: pàu-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pawtsay
    • Palladius: паоцай (paocaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau³ coi³
    • Yale: paau choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau³ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao³ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phau-chhoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: pau coi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pau⁴ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰau̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàu-chhài
    • Tâi-lô: phàu-tshài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaozhaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰai²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹phau₅-tshe; ⁵phau-tshe
    • MiniDict: phau^去 tshe; phau^去 tshe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹phau₂-tshe; ²phau-tshe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰɔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰe²¹/, /pʰɔ³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
  • (Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³phau₅-tshe₅
    • MiniDict: phau^去 tshe^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /pʰæ⁵⁵ t͡sʰe¹¹/

Noun

泡菜

1. pickled vegetables (usually made from cabbage)
2. kimchi (in the context of Korean cuisine)

Synonyms

• (kimchi): 辛奇 (xīnqí), 沉菜, 辣白菜, 韓式泡菜／韩式泡菜, 韓國泡菜／韩国泡菜 (Hánguó pàocài), 朝鮮泡菜／朝鲜泡菜

Derived terms

• 韓國泡菜／韩国泡菜 (Hánguó pàocài)

 

Descendants

• → English: paocai
• → Korean: 파오차이 (paochai)

Adjective

泡菜

1. (by extension, attributive, derogatory, ethnic slur) Korean; kimchi

   泡菜國／泡菜国  ―  pàocài guó  ―  (derogatory) Korea

   泡菜仔 [Cantonese]  ―  paau³ coi³ zai² [Jyutping]  ―  (derogatory) Korean man

Synonyms

• (ethnic slur of Koreans): 高麗棒子／高丽棒子 (Gāolí bàngzi), 韓棒子／韩棒子 (Hánbàngzi), 棒子 (bàngzi)