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
Noun
快菜
- (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 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 韭菜 |
| Taiwan | 韭菜 | |
| Harbin | 韭菜 | |
| Shenyang | 韭菜 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 韭菜 | |
| Jinan | 韭菜 | |
| Luoyang | 韭菜 | |
| Wanrong | 韭菜 | |
| Xi'an | 韭菜 | |
| Yinchuan | 韭菜 | |
| Lanzhou | 韭菜 | |
| Xining | 韭菜 | |
| Ürümqi | 韭菜 | |
| Wuhan | 韭菜 | |
| Huanggang | 韭菜 | |
| Chengdu | 韭菜 | |
| Guiyang | 韭菜 | |
| Kunming | 韭菜 | |
| Guilin | 韭菜 | |
| Liuzhou | 韭菜, 扁菜 | |
| Xuzhou | 韭菜 | |
| Yangzhou | 韭菜 | |
| Nanjing | 韭菜 | |
| Hefei | 韭菜 | |
| Nantong | 韭菜 | |
| Malaysia | 韭菜 | |
| Singapore | 韭菜 | |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 韭菜 | |
| Dagudi (Maliba) | 韭菜 | |
| Reshuitang (Longling) | 韭菜 | |
| Mae Salong (Lancang) | 韭菜 | |
| Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 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 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 韭菜 |
| Xinzhou | 韭菜 | |
| Hohhot | 韭菜 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 韭仔 |
| Wuyishan | 韭仔 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 韭菜 |
| Fuqing | 韭菜 | |
| Matsu | 韭菜 | |
| Min Nan | 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 |
| 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 | |