空心菜

空心菜

Chinese

		hollow; having nothing in mind	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (空心菜)		空心	菜
simp. #(空心菜)		空心	菜

炒空心菜。

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): kōngxīncài

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄘㄞˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): kong¹ xin¹ cai⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ sam¹ coi³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): kung¹ sim¹ coi⁴
• Xiang (Wiktionary): kong¹ sin¹ cai⁴

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kōngxīncài
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongshintsay
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: kōngxīnrcài
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣㄦ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongshieltsay
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕjəɻ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: kong¹ xin¹ cai⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kungxincai
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰoŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡sʰai²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ sam¹ coi³
    • Yale: hūng sām choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ sam¹ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ sem¹ coi³
    • IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːy̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kung¹ sim¹ coi⁴
    • IPA: /kʰʊŋ⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰoɪ⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: kong¹ sin¹ cai⁴
    • IPA ^(key) (old-style): /kʰʊŋ³³ sin³³ t͡sʰai⁴⁵/
    • IPA ^(key) (new-style): /kʰən³³ ɕin³³ t͡sʰai⁴⁵/

Noun

空心菜

1. (colloquial) water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 空心菜 (“water spinach”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蕹菜
Taxonomic name		蕹菜
Mandarin	Beijing	空心菜
	Taiwan	空心菜
	Harbin	空心菜
	Jinan	空心菜
	Xuzhou	空心菜
	Yinchuan	空心菜
	Chengdu	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Guiyang	藤藤菜, 空茼菜
	Liuzhou	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Yangzhou	空心菜
	Nanjing	空心菜, 蕹菜, 藤藤菜 dated
	Nantong	空心菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蕹菜, 通菜
	Hong Kong	蕹菜, 通菜
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	蕹菜
	Taishan	蕹菜
	Dongguan	蕹菜
	Kuala Lumpur	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
	Qujiang	蕹菜
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	蕹菜
	Changting	蕹菜
	Pingyu	蕹菜
	Wuping	蕹菜
	Liancheng	蕹菜
	Ninghua	蕹菜
	Yudu	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Ruijin	蕹菜
	Shicheng	蕹菜
	Shangyou	蕹菜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蕹菜
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	蕹菜
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	蕹菜
	Dongshi (Dabu)	蕹菜
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	蕹菜
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	蕹菜
	Hong Kong	蕹菜
	Sabah	蕹菜
	Senai	蕹菜
Huizhou	Jixi	空心菜
Min Bei	Jian'ou	蕹菜
Min Dong	Fuzhou	蕹菜
	Fuqing	蕹菜
	Matsu	蕹菜
Min Nan	Xiamen	蕹菜
	Quanzhou	蕹菜
	Zhangzhou	蕹菜
	Taipei	蕹菜
	Kaohsiung	蕹菜
	Tainan	蕹菜
	Taichung	蕹菜
	Wuqi	蕹菜
	Hsinchu	蕹菜
	Taitung	蕹菜
	Lukang	蕹菜
	Yilan	蕹菜
	Magong	蕹菜
	Penang	蕹菜
	Chaozhou	蕹菜
	Shantou	蕹菜
	Haifeng	蕹菜
	Johor Bahru	蕹菜
	Haikou	蕹菜
	Leizhou	蕹菜
Pinghua	Nanning	蕹菜, 空心菜
Wu	Shanghai	蕹菜
	Suzhou	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Hangzhou	空心菜
	Wenzhou	空心菜
	Chongming	蕹菜
	Danyang	空心菜, 藤菜
	Jinhua	藤菜, 空心菜
	Ningbo	蕹菜
Xiang	Changsha	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Loudi	蕹菜, 藤菜, 空心菜