蔬菜

Chinese

		vegetables	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (蔬菜)		蔬	菜
simp. #(蔬菜)		蔬	菜
anagram		菜蔬

蔬菜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūcài

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): so¹ coi³

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): so͘-chhài

  (Teochew, Peng'im): so¹ cai³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵su-tshe; ¹su-tshe / ³sou₁-tshe₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūcài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shucài
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: shū-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shutsay
    • Palladius: шуцай (šucaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: so¹ coi³
    • Yale: sō choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: so¹ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: so¹ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘-chhài
    • Tâi-lô: soo-tshài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sozhaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³ t͡sʰai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: so¹ cai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: so tshài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /so³³⁻²³ t͡sʰai²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵su-tshe; ¹su-tshe
    • MiniDict: su^去 tshe; su^平 tshe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²su-tshe; ¹su-tshe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /su³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/, /su⁵⁵ t͡sʰe²¹/
  • (Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³sou₁-tshe₅
    • MiniDict: sou^平 tshe^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /səu⁵⁵ t͡sʰe¹¹/

Note:

• ⁵su tshe - also written as 素菜;
• ¹su tshe - Shanghainese, extrapolation from regular contemporary sandhi patterns. somewhat more prevalent in younger speakers or literary/proper name contexts.

Noun

蔬菜

1. vegetable; greens

   種植蔬菜／种植蔬菜  ―  zhòngzhí shūcài  ―  to plant vegetables

   綠葉蔬菜／绿叶蔬菜  ―  lǜyè shūcài  ―  leafy greens

Synonyms

• 草蔬 (cǎoshū) (literary)
• 菜蔬 (càishū)
• 青菜 (qīngcài)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 蔬菜 (“vegetables”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		菜, 蔬, 蔬菜, 菜蔬
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蔬菜, 青菜, 菜蔬
Mandarin	Beijing	青菜
	Jinan	青菜
	Xi'an	青菜, 菜
	Wuhan	小菜, 青菜
	Chengdu	小菜
	Yangzhou	蔬菜
	Hefei	青菜, 蔬菜
	Singapore	青菜, 菜, 蔬菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	菜
	Hong Kong	菜
	Yangjiang	菜
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	菜
	Singapore (Guangfu)	菜
Gan	Nanchang	青菜
Hakka	Meixian	青菜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	青菜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	青菜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	青菜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	青菜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	青菜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	青菜
Jin	Taiyuan	菜蔬, 菜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	青菜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	菜, 青菜
Southern Min	Xiamen	草菜, 菜蔬, 菜
	Quanzhou	草菜, 菜蔬, 菜
	Jinjiang	菜蔬
	Zhangzhou	草菜, 菜蔬, 菜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	菜
	Chaozhou	青菜, 菜
	Shantou	青菜
	Jieyang	青菜
	Singapore (Teochew)	菜
	Pontianak (Teochew)	青菜
	Singapore (Hainanese)	菜
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	瓜菜, 蔬菜
Wu	Suzhou	蔬菜
	Wenzhou	菜, 水菜
Xiang	Changsha	小菜
	Shuangfeng	蔬菜, 小菜

Derived terms

• 蔬菜汁 (shūcàizhī)

 

See also

• 水果 (shuǐguǒ)

Proper noun

蔬菜

1. (～村) Shucai (a village in Wenquan, Yingshan, Huanggang, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蔬	菜
そ Hyōgaiji	さい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

蔬(そ)菜(さい) • (sosai) 

1. vegetable; greens

   Synonym: 野菜 (“yasai”)