快菜

Chinese

		fast; quick; swift	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (快菜)		快	菜
simp. #(快菜)		快	菜
alternative forms		筷菜

Etymology

Sailors' euphemism for 韭菜. Due to homophony of 韭 and 久 (“long (time)”), 韭 is replaced with 快 (“fast; quick”). Compare 筷子 (kuàizi, “chopsticks”).

Pronunciation

• Gan (Wiktionary): 'kuai³ cai³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khoai-chhoi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kuai⁴ coi⁴

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• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'kuai³ cai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈkʰuai²¹³⁻²⁴ t͡sʰai²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khoai-chhoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: kuai coi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kuai⁴ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯ai̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kuai⁴ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰuaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰoɪ⁵³/

Noun

快菜

1. (dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, dated in Gan, euphemistic) Chinese leek; Chinese chives (Allium tuberosum)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 韭菜 (“garlic chives”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		韭
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		韭菜
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	韭菜
	Taiwan	韭菜
	Chengde	韭菜
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	韭菜
	Heihe	韭菜
	Qiqihar	韭菜
	Harbin	韭菜
	Jiamusi	韭菜
	Baicheng	韭菜
	Changchun	韭菜
	Tonghua	韭菜
	Shenyang	韭菜
	Jinzhou	韭菜
	Malaysia	韭菜
	Singapore	韭菜
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	韭菜
	Tangshan	韭菜
	Cangzhou	韭菜
	Baoding	韭菜
	Shijiazhuang	韭菜
	Lijin	韭菜
	Jinan	韭菜
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	韭菜
	Dandong	韭菜
	Yantai	韭菜
	Yantai (Muping)	韭菜
	Qingdao	韭菜
	Zhucheng	韭菜
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	韭菜
	Lingbao	韭菜
	Jining	韭菜
	Wanrong	韭菜
	Linfen	韭菜
	Shangqiu	韭菜
	Yuanyang	韭菜
	Zhengzhou	韭菜
	Lingbao	韭菜
	Xinyang	韭菜
	Baihe	韭菜
	Xi'an	韭菜
	Baoji	韭菜
	Tianshui	韭菜
	Xining	韭菜
	Xuzhou	韭菜
	Fuyang	韭菜
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	韭菜
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	韭菜
	Lanzhou	韭菜
	Dunhuang	韭菜
	Hami	韭菜
	Ürümqi	韭菜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	韭菜
	Nanchong	韭菜
	Dazhou	韭菜
	Hanyuan	韭菜
	Xichang	韭菜
	Zigong	韭菜
	Chongqing	韭菜
	Wuhan	韭菜
	Yichang	韭菜
	Xiangyang	韭菜
	Tianmen	韭菜
	Guiyang	韭菜
	Zunyi	韭菜
	Bijie	韭菜
	Liping	韭菜
	Zhaotong	韭菜
	Dali	韭菜
	Kunming	韭菜
	Mengzi	韭菜
	Guilin	韭菜
	Liuzhou	韭菜, 扁菜
	Jishou	韭菜
	Changde	韭菜
	Hanzhong	韭菜
	Dagudi (Maliba)	韭菜
	Reshuitang (Longling)	韭菜
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	韭菜
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	韭菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	韭菜
	Yangzhou	韭菜
	Lianyungang	韭菜
	Lianshui	韭菜
	Nantong	韭菜
	Anqing	韭菜
	Wuhu	韭菜
	Hefei	韭菜
	Huanggang	韭菜
	Hong'an	韭菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	韭菜
	Hong Kong	韭菜
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	韭菜
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	韭菜
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	韭菜
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	韭菜
	Taishan	韭菜
	Dongguan	韭菜
	Yangjiang	韭菜
	Nanning	扁菜
	Wuzhou	快菜
	Yulin	韭菜
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	韭菜
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	韭菜
	Singapore (Guangfu)	韭菜
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	韭菜
Gan	Nanchang	韭菜, 快菜 dated
	Pengze	韭菜
	Lichuan	韭菜
	Pingxiang	韭菜
Hakka	Meixian	韭菜, 快菜
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	韭菜
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	韭菜
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	韭菜, 快菜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	快菜
	Wuhua (Changbu)	韭菜
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	韭菜
	Yudu	韭菜, 快菜 sailors
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	快菜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	快菜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	韭菜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	韭菜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	韭菜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	韭菜
	Hong Kong	韭菜
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	韭菜
	Sabah (Longchuan)	韭菜
	Senai (Huiyang)	韭菜
	Singkawang	快菜
Huizhou	Jixi	韭菜
	Shexian	韭菜
Jin	Taiyuan	韭菜
	Yangyuan	韭菜
	Datong	韭菜
	Xinzhou	韭菜
	Lüliang (Lishi)	韭菜
	Changzhi	韭菜
	Linhe	韭菜
	Jining	韭菜
	Hohhot	韭菜
	Erenhot	韭菜
	Pingshan	韭菜
	Zhangjiakou	韭菜
	Handan	韭菜
	Linzhou	韭菜
	Suide	韭菜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	韭仔
	Wuyishan	韭仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	韭菜
	Fuqing	韭菜
	Matsu	韭菜
Southern Min	Xiamen	韭菜
	Quanzhou	韭菜
	Zhangzhou	韭菜
	Taipei	韭菜
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	韭菜
	Kaohsiung	韭菜
	Yilan	韭菜
	Kinmen	韭菜
	Penghu (Magong)	韭菜
	Penang (Hokkien)	韭菜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	韭菜
	Manila (Hokkien)	韭菜
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	韭菜
	Datian	韭菜仔
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	韭菜
	Chaozhou	韭菜
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	韭菜
	Haikou	韭菜
Puxian Min	Putian	韭菜
Central Min	Yong'an	韭菜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	扁菜, 韭菜
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	韭菜
Wu	Shanghai	韭菜
	Shanghai (Chongming)	韭菜
	Suzhou	韭菜
	Danyang	韭菜
	Hangzhou	韭菜
	Ningbo	韭菜
	Wenzhou	韭菜
	Jinhua	韭菜
Xiang	Changsha	韭菜
	Loudi	韭菜
	Shuangfeng	韭菜
	Quanzhou	韭菜