香菜

香菜

Chinese

		fragrant; incense; (of food) savory fragrant; incense; (of food) savory; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (香菜)		香	菜
simp. #(香菜)		香	菜
Literally: “fragrant vegetable”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngcài

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ coi³
• Jin (Wiktionary): xion¹ cai³
• Wu (Wiktionary): xian tshe (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: xiāngcài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangtsay
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangcài
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ coi³
    • Yale: hēung choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ coi³
    • IPA ^(key): /hœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːy̯³³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: xion¹ cai³
    • IPA (old-style): /ɕiɒ̃¹¹ t͡sʰai⁴⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xian tshe (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕiã⁵⁵ t͡sʰe̞²¹/

Noun

香菜

1. coriander
2. (literary) leaves of beans
3. (literary) herb in general

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 芫荽 (“coriander”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		胡荽
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		芫荽
Taxonomic name		芫荽
Mandarin	Beijing	香菜
	Taiwan	香菜
	Harbin	香菜
	Hailar	香菜
	Ulanhot	香菜
	Tongliao	香菜
	Chifeng	芫菜
	Bayanhot	香菜
	Jinan	芫荽, 香菜
	Muping	芫食
	Luoyang	香菜, 芫荽
	Wanrong	芫荽
	Xi'an	香菜, 芫荽 dated
	Zhengzhou	芫荽
	Xining	香菜
	Xuzhou	芫荽, 香菜
	Yinchuan	芫荽, 香菜
	Lanzhou	芫荽, 香菜
	Ürümqi	芫荽
	Wuhan	芫荽, 香菜
	Chengdu	芫荽, 香菜
	Guiyang	芫荽
	Guilin	芫荽
	Liuzhou	芫荽, 香菜
	Yangzhou	芫荽, 香菜
	Nanjing	芫荽, 香菜
	Nantong	香菜
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	芫荽
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	芫荽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	芫茜
	Hong Kong	芫茜
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	芫茜
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	芫茜
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	芫茜
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	芫茜
	Macau	芫茜
	Panyu	芫茜
	Huadu (Huashan)	芫茜
	Conghua	芫茜
	Zengcheng	芫茜
	Foshan	芫茜
	Nanhai (Shatou)	芫茜
	Shunde	芫茜
	Sanshui	芫茜
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	香芹
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	芫茜
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	芫茜
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	芫茜
	Doumen	芫茜
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	芫茜
	Xinhui	芫茜
	Taishan	芫茜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	芫茜
	Enping (Niujiang)	芫茜
	Heshan (Yayao)	香芹
	Dongguan	芫茜, 芫香
	Bao'an (Shajing)	芫茜
	Shaoguan	芫茜
	Yunfu	芫茜
	Xinyi	香茜
	Lianjiang	芫茜
	Nanning	芫茜
	Wuzhou	芫茜
	Yulin	芫茜
	Hepu	芫茜
	Kuala Lumpur	芫茜
	Ho Chi Minh City	芫茜
Gan	Nanchang	芫荽
	Pingxiang	芫荽
Hakka	Meixian	芫荽, 芫香仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	芫荽
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	芫荽
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	芫荽
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	芫荽
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	香菜
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	芫荽
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	芫荽
	Boluo (Bendihua)	芫荽
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	香菜
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	酒荽, 芫荽
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	芹菜
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	香芹
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	芫荽哩, 香菜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	芫荽哩, 酒荽哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	芫荽哩, 香菜
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	芫荽哩
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	芫荽
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	芫荽
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	芫荽
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	芫荽
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	芫荽
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	酒荽
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	芫荽
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	芫荽
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	芫荽
	Conghua (Lütian)	芫荽
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	芫荽
	Yudu	芫荽
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	香菜仔, 芫荽仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	大葉芫荽
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	香菜仔, 芫荽仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	芫荽, 芫旺
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	香菜仔, 芫荽仔
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	香菜
	Hong Kong	芫荽
	Sabah (Longchuan)	香菜
	Senai	香菜
Huizhou	Jixi	芫蘇菜, 香菜
Jin	Taiyuan	芫荽, 香菜
	Xinzhou	芫荽
	Baochang	芫荽
	Jining	芫荽
	Hohhot	芫荽
	Baotou	香菜
	Dongsheng	芫荽
	Linhe	芫荽
	Haibowan	芫荽
Min Bei	Jian'ou	芫荽仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	香菜
	Fuqing	香菜
Min Nan	Xiamen	芫荽
	Quanzhou	芫荽
	Taipei	芫荽
	Kaohsiung	芫荽
	Tainan	芫荽
	Taichung	芫荽
	Wuqi	芫荽
	Hsinchu	芫荽
	Taitung	芫荽
	Lukang	芫荽
	Sanxia	芫荽
	Yilan	芫荽
	Kinmen	芫荽
	Magong	芫荽
	Penang	芫荽
	Singapore	芫荽, 芳菜
	Philippines (Manila)	芫荽
	Medan	芫荽
	Pingnan	香菜
	Chaozhou	芫荽
	Shantou	芫荽
	Johor Bahru	芫荽
	Haikou	芳菜
	Leizhou	銀荽
Pinghua	Nanning	芫荽
	Guilin	芫荽
Wu	Shanghai	香菜
	Suzhou	香菜, 芫荽
	Hangzhou	香菜
	Wenzhou	香菜
	Chongming	香菜
	Danyang	芫荽, 香菜
	Jinhua	芫荽
	Ningbo	香菜
Xiang	Changsha	芫荽菜
	Loudi	香菜
	Quanzhou	芫荽, 香菜

Descendants

• → Japanese: シャンツァイ (shantsai)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
香	菜
しゃん Grade: S	つぁい Grade: 4
Irregular

Borrowed from Mandarin 香菜 (xiāngcài).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) シャ​ンツァイ [sháꜜǹtsàì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕã̠nt͡sa̠i]

Noun

香菜 (katakana シャンツァイ, rōmaji shantsai)

1. (Chinese cuisine) coriander

Synonyms

• コリアンダー (koriandā)
• (Thai cuisine) パクチー (pakuchī)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
香	菜
か Grade: S	な Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Proper noun

香菜 (hiragana かな, rōmaji Kana)

1. A female given name

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9