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, Sichuanese Pinyin): ya² cai⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngaa⁴ coi³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): nga³ toi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yácài
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yácài
    • Wade–Giles: ya²-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: yá-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yatsay
    • Palladius: яцай (jacaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ya² cai⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iacai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia²¹ t͡sʰai²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁴ coi³
    • Yale: ngàh choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁴ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁴ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: nga³ toi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡa²² 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 Sichuanese) pickled mustard greens
3. (figurative) musical note

Synonyms

• (bean sprout):

Dialectal synonyms of 豆芽 (“bean sprouts”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		豆芽
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	豆芽兒
	Taiwan	豆芽, 豆芽菜
	Singapore	豆芽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	芽菜
	Hong Kong	芽菜
	Taishan	芽菜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	芽菜
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	芽菜
Hakka	Meixian	豆芽
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	豆芽
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	豆芽, 豆菜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	豆芽
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	豆芽
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	豆芽
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	豆芽
Southern Min	Xiamen	豆菜, 豆芽
	Quanzhou	豆芽, 豆生
	Zhangzhou	豆芽
	Taipei	豆菜
	Kaohsiung	豆菜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	豆芽
	Manila (Hokkien)	豆芽
	Chaozhou	豆生
	Shantou	豆芽
	Jieyang	豆生

• (musical note): 音符 (yīnfú), 豆豉 (dòuchǐ), 蝌蚪 (kēdǒu)