椰菜花

Chinese

		coconut vegetable; cabbage; cauliflower	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (椰菜花)		椰菜	花
simp. #(椰菜花)		椰菜	花
anagram		花椰菜

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “calque of cauliflower?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yēcàihuā, yécàihuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝ ㄘㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄚ, ㄧㄝˊ ㄘㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): je⁴ coi³ faa¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yie³ toi¹ fa¹

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ya² coi⁴ fa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yēcàihuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ ㄘㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yecàihua
    • Wade–Giles: yeh¹-tsʻai⁴-hua¹
    • Yale: yē-tsài-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ietsayhua
    • Palladius: ецайхуа (jecajxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yécàihuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ ㄘㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yécàihua
    • Wade–Giles: yeh²-tsʻai⁴-hua¹
    • Yale: yé-tsài-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yetsayhua
    • Palladius: ецайхуа (jecajxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁴ coi³ faa¹
    • Yale: yèh choi fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁴ tsoi³ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁴ coi³ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ faː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yie³ toi¹ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiɛ²² tʰᵘɔi³³ fa³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ya² coi⁴ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ia¹¹ t͡sʰoɪ⁵³ fa⁴⁴/

Noun

椰菜花

1. (chiefly Cantonese, Guangdong Hakka, Zhongshan Min) cauliflower
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) genital wart

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 花椰菜 (“cauliflower”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		花椰菜, 菜花, 花菜
Taxonomic name		花椰菜
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	菜花兒
	Taiwan	花椰菜
	Langfang	菜花兒
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	菜花兒
	Cangzhou	菜花兒
	Baoding	菜花兒
	Shijiazhuang	菜花兒
	Jinan	菜花兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Daming	菜花兒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	花菜
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	花菜
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	菜花
	Ürümqi	菜花兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	花菜
	Wuhan	花菜
	Liuzhou	花菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	花菜
	Yangzhou	花菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	椰菜花, 菜花, 花菜
	Hong Kong	椰菜花
	Taishan	椰菜花
	Kaiping (Chikan)	椰菜花
	Dongguan	椰菜花
Gan	Pingxiang	花菜
Hakka	Meixian	花菜, 菜花, 椰菜花
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	椰菜花
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	花菜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	椰菜, 花菜
	Yudu	花菜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	花菜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	花菜, 花菜仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	花菜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	花菜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	花菜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	花菜
Jin	Taiyuan	菜花
	Hohhot	菜花兒
	Zhangjiakou	菜花兒
	Handan	菜花兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	芥藍花
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	花菜
Southern Min	Xiamen	菜花
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	菜花
	Quanzhou	菜花, 花菜
	Anxi	菜花
	Zhangzhou	菜花
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	菜花
	Zhangpu	菜花
	Zhao'an	椰菜
	Zhao'an (Sidu)	菜花
	Zhao'an (Tingyang, Baiyang)	菜花
	Zhao'an (Wenshan, Taiping)	菜花
	Taipei	菜花
	Taipei (Wanhua)	菜花
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	菜花
	Kaohsiung	花菜
	Yilan	菜花
	Changhua (Lukang)	花仔菜, 花菜
	Taichung	花菜, 菜花
	Taichung (Wuqi)	花仔菜
	Tainan	花仔菜, 花菜
	Taitung	花菜
	Hsinchu	花菜
	Kinmen	菜花
	Penghu (Magong)	菜花, 花菜
	Penang (Hokkien)	高麗菜花
	Singapore (Hokkien)	菜花, 高麗菜花
	Manila (Hokkien)	菜花
	Raoping	菜花
	Shantou	花菜
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	菜花
Puxian Min	Xianyou	菜花, 芥藍花
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	菜花
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	椰菜花
Wu	Shanghai	花菜
	Shanghai (Chongming)	花菜
	Hangzhou	花菜
	Ningbo	花菜
	Wenzhou	花菜
Xiang	Changsha	花菜

• (genital wart): 性病疣 (xìngbìngyóu), 尖銳濕疣／尖锐湿疣 (jiānruì shīyóu)