豆芽菜

Chinese

		bean sprouts	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (豆芽菜)		豆芽	菜
simp. #(豆芽菜)		豆芽	菜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòuyácài

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ ㄧㄚˊ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dau⁶ ngaa⁴ coi³
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶deu-nga-tshe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòuyácài
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ ㄧㄚˊ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòuyácài
    • Wade–Giles: tou⁴-ya²-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: dòu-yá-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dowyatsay
    • Palladius: доуяцай (doujacaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹ jä³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòuyárcài
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ ㄧㄚˊㄦ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòuyárcài
    • Wade–Giles: tou⁴-ya²-ʼrh-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: dòu-yár-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dowyaltsay
    • Palladius: доуярцай (doujarcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹ jɑɻ³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dau⁶ ngaa⁴ coi³
    • Yale: dauh ngàh choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau⁶ ngaa⁴ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: deo⁶ nga⁴ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯²² ŋaː²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶deu-nga-tshe
    • MiniDict: deu^去 nga tshe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³deu-nga-tshe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɤ²² ŋa⁵⁵ t͡sʰe²¹/

Noun

豆芽菜

1. bean sprout
2. (figurative, derogatory) a tall and thin child

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 豆芽 (“bean sprouts”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		豆芽
Mandarin	Beijing	豆芽兒
	Taiwan	豆芽, 豆芽菜
	Singapore	豆芽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	芽菜
	Hong Kong	芽菜
	Taishan	芽菜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	芽菜
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	芽菜
Hakka	Meixian	豆芽
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	豆芽
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	豆芽, 豆菜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	豆芽
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	豆芽
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	豆芽
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	豆芽
Southern Min	Xiamen	豆菜, 豆芽
	Quanzhou	豆芽, 豆生
	Zhangzhou	豆芽
	Taipei	豆菜
	Kaohsiung	豆菜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	豆芽
	Manila (Hokkien)	豆芽
	Chaozhou	豆生
	Shantou	豆芽
	Jieyang	豆生