鹹菜

See also: 咸菜

Chinese

		salty	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (鹹菜)		鹹	菜
simp. (咸菜)		咸	菜
anagram		菜鹹／菜咸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xiáncài

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄞˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): han² cai⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haam⁴ coi³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hàm-chhoi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiâm-chhài

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giam⁵ cai³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ghe-tshe
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): han² cai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiáncài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siáncài
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: syán-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyantsay
    • Palladius: сяньцай (sjanʹcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: han² cai⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xancai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xan²¹ t͡sʰai²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haam⁴ coi³
    • Yale: hàahm choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haam⁴ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ham⁴ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːm²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hàm-chhoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: hamˇ coi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ham² coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ham¹¹ t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâm-chhài
    • Tâi-lô: kiâm-tshài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiamzhaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam¹³⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam²³⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giam⁵ cai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiâm tshài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ghe-tshe
    • MiniDict: ghe^去 tshe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhe-tshe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦe²² t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: han² cai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xan¹³ t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵/

Noun

鹹菜

1. salted vegetable; pickle
2. (Guangzhou Cantonese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) pickled mustard greens

Synonyms

• (pickled mustard greens): 酸菜 (suāncài)

Derived terms

• 客來莫寒酸，客走鹹菜湯／客来莫寒酸，客走咸菜汤
• 撚鹹菜水／撚咸菜水
• 漚鹹菜／沤咸菜
• 鹹菜燒豆腐／咸菜烧豆腐
• 鹹菜絲／咸菜丝
• 鹹菜西裝／咸菜西装

 

Descendants

• → English: kiam chye, kiamchay (via Min Nan)
• → Macanese: hám-chói
• → Thai: เกี้ยมไฉ่ (via Teochew)

Adjective

鹹菜

1. (figurative, of paper) crumpled