榨菜

Chinese

		salted vegetable; to extract	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (榨菜)		榨	菜
simp. #(榨菜)		榨	菜
Literally: “pressed vegetable”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàcài

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˋ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zaa³ coi³

  (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): zaa³ coi³

• Gan (Wiktionary): 'za⁴ cai³
• Eastern Min (BUC): cá-chái
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chà-chhài
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tso₅-tshe₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàcài
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˋ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàcài
    • Wade–Giles: cha⁴-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: jà-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jahtsay
    • Palladius: чжацай (čžacaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaa³ coi³
    • Yale: ja choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa³ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: za³ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
  • (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
    • Jyutping++: zaa³ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃa²⁴ t͡ʃʰɔi²⁴/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'za⁴ cai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡sa³⁵ t͡sʰai²¹³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cá-chái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sa²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒɑi²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Longyan, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chà-chhài
    • Tâi-lô: tsà-tshài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zarzhaix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sa²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Longyan): /t͡sa²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sʰai²¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sa²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sa¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tso₅-tshe₅
    • MiniDict: tso^去 tshe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tso₂-tshe₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡so⁵⁵ t͡sʰe²¹/

Noun

榨菜

1. a type of pickled Chinese mustard plant stem originating from Sichuan, China

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 榨菜 (“pickled mustard stem”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		榨菜
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	榨菜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	榨菜
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	榨菜
	Xi'an	榨菜
	Xining	榨菜
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	榨菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	榨菜
	Yangzhou	榨菜
Cantonese	Hong Kong	榨菜
Gan	Nanchang	榨菜
	Lichuan	榨菜
	Pingxiang	榨菜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	榨菜
Southern Min	Xiamen	四川菜
	Zhangzhou	四川菜
	Tainan	榨菜, 四川菜
	Longyan	榨菜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	榨菜
Wu	Shanghai	榨菜, 四川榨菜
	Danyang	榨菜
	Wenzhou	榨菜

Descendants

• → Japanese: 搾菜(ザーサイ) (zāsai), 搾菜(ザーツァイ) (zātsai)