豆芽菜

豆芽菜

Chinese

		bean sprouts	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (豆芽菜)		豆芽	菜
simp. #(豆芽菜)		豆芽	菜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòuyácài

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ ㄧㄚˊ ㄘㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dòuyácài
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ ㄧㄚˊ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dowyatsay
    • IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹ i̯ä³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: dòuyárcài
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ ㄧㄚˊㄦ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dowyaltsay
    • IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹ jɑɻ³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

豆芽菜

1. bean sprout
2. (figuratively, derogatory) a tall and thin child

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