石花菜

Chinese

		flower-like condensate of stalactite water in the form of calcium carbonate	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (石花菜)		石花	菜
simp. #(石花菜)		石花	菜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíhuācài

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ faa¹ coi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chio̍h-hoe-chhài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíhuācài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhhuacài
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-hua¹-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-hwā-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrhuatsay
    • Palladius: шихуацай (šixuacaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíhuārcài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhhuarcài
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-hua¹-ʼrh-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-hwār-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrhualtsay
    • Palladius: шихуарцай (šixuarcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sek⁶ faa¹ coi³
    • Yale: sehk fā choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ faa¹ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ fa¹ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² faː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-hoe-chhài
    • Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-hue-tshài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqhoezhaix
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹/

Noun

石花菜

1. umutgasari; Gelidium amansii (a species of red algae used to make agar)

Synonyms

• 石花 (shíhuā)
• (Hokkien) 石花凍／石花冻, 石花膏