藤菜

Chinese

		rattan; cane	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (藤菜)		藤	菜
simp. #(藤菜)		藤	菜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): téngcài

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄥˊ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tang⁴ coi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: téngcài
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄥˊ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: téngcài
    • Wade–Giles: tʻêng²-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: téng-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: terngtsay
    • Palladius: тэнцай (tɛncaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tang⁴ coi³
    • Yale: tàhng choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tang⁴ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: teng⁴ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/

Noun

藤菜

1. (regional) Malabar spinach (Basella alba)
2. (regional) water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 落葵 (“Malabar spinach”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蔠葵, 蘩露
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		落葵
Taxonomic name		落葵
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	皇宮菜
	Singapore	帝皇菜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	軟漿葉, 軟漿子
	Guiyang	木耳菜, 貓耳朵菜
	Liuzhou	藤菜
	Nanning (Wuming)	藤菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	木耳菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	潺菜, 藤菜
	Hong Kong	潺菜
	Dongguan	藤線菜, 潺菜
	Nanning	藤菜
Gan	Pingxiang	木耳菜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	藤菜
Wu	Shanghai	紫角葉
	Suzhou	紫草葉, 紫葛葉
	Hangzhou	木耳菜
	Wenzhou	木耳菜
Xiang	Changsha	木耳菜

Dialectal synonyms of 空心菜 (“water spinach”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蕹菜
Taxonomic name		蕹菜
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	空心菜
	Taiwan	空心菜
	Harbin	空心菜
	Singapore	空心菜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	空心菜
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	空心菜
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	空心菜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Guiyang	藤藤菜, 空茼菜
	Liuzhou	蕹菜, 空心菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	空心菜, 蕹菜, 藤藤菜 dated
	Yangzhou	空心菜
	Nantong	空心菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蕹菜, 通菜, 通心菜, 抽筋菜
	Hong Kong	蕹菜, 通菜, 抽筋菜
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	蕹菜
	Taishan	蕹菜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蕹菜
	Dongguan	蕹菜
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蕹菜
Gan	Nanchang	蕹菜
	Lichuan	蕹菜
	Pingxiang	蕹菜
Hakka	Meixian	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Xingning	蕹菜
	Huidong (Daling)	蕹菜
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蕹菜
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	蕹菜
	Changting	蕹菜
	Wuping	蕹菜
	Wuping (Pingyu)	蕹菜
	Liancheng	蕹菜
	Ninghua	蕹菜
	Yudu	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Ruijin	蕹菜
	Shicheng	蕹菜
	Shangyou (Shexi)	蕹菜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蕹菜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蕹菜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蕹菜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蕹菜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蕹菜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蕹菜
	Hong Kong	蕹菜
	Sabah (Longchuan)	蕹菜
	Senai (Huiyang)	蕹菜
Huizhou	Jixi	空心菜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蕹菜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蕹菜
	Fuqing	蕹菜
	Matsu	蕹菜
Southern Min	Xiamen	蕹菜
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	蕹菜
	Quanzhou	蕹菜
	Hui'an	竹菜
	Zhangzhou	蕹菜
	Taipei	蕹菜
	Kaohsiung	蕹菜
	Yilan	蕹菜
	Changhua (Lukang)	蕹菜
	Taichung	蕹菜
	Taichung (Wuqi)	蕹菜
	Tainan	蕹菜
	Taitung	蕹菜
	Hsinchu	蕹菜
	Penghu (Magong)	蕹菜
	Penang (Hokkien)	蕹菜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蕹菜, kangkung
	Manila (Hokkien)	蕹菜
	Chaozhou	蕹菜
	Shantou	蕹菜
	Haifeng	蕹菜
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蕹菜
	Leizhou	蕹菜
	Haikou	蕹菜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蕹菜, 空心菜
Wu	Shanghai	蕹菜
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蕹菜
	Suzhou	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Danyang	空心菜, 藤菜
	Hangzhou	空心菜
	Ningbo	蕹菜
	Wenzhou	空心菜
	Jinhua	藤菜, 空心菜
Xiang	Changsha	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Loudi	蕹菜, 藤菜, 空心菜