油菜

油菜

Chinese

		oil; sly	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (油菜)		油	菜
simp. #(油菜)		油	菜
anagram		菜油

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóucài

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ coi³
• Min Nan (POJ): iû-chhài
• Wu (Wiktionary): hhieu tshe (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóucài
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóucài
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: yóu-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youtsay
    • Palladius: юцай (jucaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ coi³
    • Yale: yàuh choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-chhài
    • Tâi-lô: iû-tshài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iuzhaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhieu tshe (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦiɜ²² t͡sʰe̞⁴⁴/

Noun

油菜

1. (Southern China) rape; rapeseed (plant used for vegetable oil)
2. (Northern China) bok choy
3. (Hong Kong) boiled greens (e.g. choy sum, kailan, lettuce), often served with oyster sauce)
4. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) car crash
5. (Internet) Alternative form of 有才 (yǒucái).

Synonyms

• (rape): (in compounds) 菜 (cài)

Derived terms

油菜油 (yóucàiyóu)

油菜籽 (yóucàizǐ)