拍某菜

Chinese

		to clap; to pat; to beat to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)	(used before measure word and noun) some; (a) certain; so and so	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (拍某菜)		拍	某	菜
simp. #(拍某菜)		拍	某	菜
alternative forms		打某菜 扑某菜 扑姥菜 拍姆菜
Literally: “hit-wife vegetable”.

Etymology

Because the garland chrysanthemum loses water and shrinks a lot after being cooked, it would cause a man to hit his wife for thinking that she ate it all up.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phah-bó͘-chhài

---

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phah-bó͘-chhài
    • Tâi-lô: phah-bóo-tshài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phahbofzhaix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)⁵ bɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ bɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai¹¹/

Noun

拍某菜

1. (Hokkien) garland chrysanthemum; crown daisy (Glebionis coronaria)

Synonyms

• 苳蒿
• 茼蒿 (tónghāo)
• 皇帝菜 (huángdìcài)
• (dialectal) 蓬蒿 (pénghāo)
• (Hakka) 艾菜

Related terms

• 疼某菜