芽菜

芽菜

Chinese

		bud; sprout	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (芽菜)		芽	菜
simp. #(芽菜)		芽	菜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yácài

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ ㄘㄞˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): ya² cai⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): ngaa⁴ coi³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): nga³ toi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yácài
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yatsay
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ä³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ya² cai⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iacai
    • IPA ^(key): /ia²¹ t͡sʰai²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁴ coi³
    • Yale: ngàh choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁴ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁴ coi³
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋäː²¹ t͡sʰɔːy̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: nga³ toi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /ᵑga²² tʰᵘɔi³³/

Noun

芽菜

1. (Anqing Mandarin, Cantonese) bean sprouts (especially of mung beans)

   大豆芽菜 [Cantonese]  ―  daai⁶ dau^6-2 ngaa⁴ coi³ [Jyutping]  ―  soybean sprouts

2. (chiefly Sichuan) pickled mustard greens

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 豆芽 (“bean sprouts”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		豆芽
Mandarin	Beijing	豆芽兒
	Taiwan	豆芽, 豆芽菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	芽菜
	Hong Kong	芽菜
	Taishan	芽菜
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	豆芽
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	豆芽, 豆菜
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	豆芽
	Dongshi (Dabu)	豆芽
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	豆芽
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	豆芽
Min Nan	Xiamen	豆菜, 豆芽
	Quanzhou	豆芽, 豆生
	Zhangzhou	豆芽
	Taipei	豆菜
	Kaohsiung	豆菜