生菜

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (生菜)		生	菜
simp. #(生菜)		生	菜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngcài

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ coi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheⁿ-chhài / chhiⁿ-chhài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngcài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengcài
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: shēng-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengtsay
    • Palladius: шэнцай (šɛncaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang¹ coi³
    • Yale: sāang choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-chhài
    • Tâi-lô: tshenn-tshài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhvezhaix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-chhài
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-tshài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvizhaix
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai¹¹/

Noun

生菜

1. greens
2. raw vegetables
3. lettuce

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		萵苣
Mandarin	Taiwan	萵苣
	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