萵苣

萵苣

See also: 莴苣

Chinese

		(lettuce); [[Lactuca sativa|]]	lettuce
trad. (萵苣)		萵	苣
simp. (莴苣)		莴	苣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wōjù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo¹ geoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wōjù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uojiw
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo¹ geoi⁶
    • Yale: wō geuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo¹ goey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo¹ gêu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /wɔː⁵⁵ kɵy̯²²/

Noun

萵苣

1. lettuce
2. celtuce

Synonyms

• (lettuce): (Min Nan) 萵仔菜／莴仔菜, 鵝仔菜／鹅仔菜, 劍仔菜／剑仔菜

Related terms

• 萵筍／莴笋 (wōsǔn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
萵	苣
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Kanji in this term
萵	苣
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Jukujikun (熟字訓).

Alternative forms

• 苣

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) ち​しゃ [chíꜜshà] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • (Tokyo) ちしゃ [chìshá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi̥ɕa̠]

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) ちさ [chìsá] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) ちさ​ [chìsáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi̥sa̠]

Noun

萵苣 (hiragana ちしゃ, katakana チシャ, rōmaji chisha) (alternative reading hiragana ちさ, katakana チサ, romaji chisa)

1. Synonym of レタス (retasu, “lettuce”)