荇菜

Chinese

		Limnanthemum nymphoides	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (荇菜)		荇	菜
simp. #(荇菜)		荇	菜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìngcài

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁶ coi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hēng-chhài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìngcài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìngcài
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: syìng-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqtsay
    • Palladius: синцай (sincaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁶ coi³
    • Yale: hahng choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁶ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁶ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²² t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēng-chhài
    • Tâi-lô: hīng-tshài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hexngzhaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰai²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 荇菜

1. duckweed

   • 參差荇菜，左右流之 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     参差荇菜，左右流之 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Cēncī xìngcài, zuǒyòu liú zhī [Pinyin]

     Here long, there short, is the duckweed, To the left, to the right, borne about by the current.

(deprecated template usage)