烏子仔菜

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (烏子仔菜)		烏	子	仔	菜
simp. (乌子仔菜)		乌	子	仔	菜

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-chí-á-chhài / o͘-jí-á-chhài

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-chí-á-chhài
    • Tâi-lô: oo-tsí-á-tshài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ocyafzhaix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-jí-á-chhài
    • Tâi-lô: oo-jí-á-tshài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ojyafzhaix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ zi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai²¹/

Noun

烏子仔菜

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 龍葵 (“black nightshade”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		龍葵
Taxonomic name		龍葵
Mandarin	Beijing	黑星星兒, 涼涼茄兒
	Taiwan	龍葵
	Harbin	黑星星
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	烏鈕草, 烏𪐞子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	烏鈕仔草, 烏𪐞子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	烏鈕草, 烏𪐞子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	烏鈕草, 烏姑草, 烏𪐞子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	烏鈕草, 烏鈕仔草, 烏𪐞子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	烏子菜, 烏點葵
Southern Min	Xiamen	烏點規, 五提茄, 七粒紐
	Taipei	烏子仔菜 GT, 烏子仔草 GT, 烏鬼仔菜 GT, 烏刺茄 GT, 烏仔菜 GT, 烏子茄 GT
	Tainan	烏甜仔菜
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)