油菜

Chinese

		oil; sly	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (油菜)		油	菜
simp. #(油菜)		油	菜
anagram		菜油

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóucài

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ coi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû-chhài
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yeu-tshe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóucài
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóucài
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: yóu-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youtsay
    • Palladius: юцай (jucaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ coi³
    • Yale: yàuh choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-chhài
    • Tâi-lô: iû-tshài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iuzhaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yeu-tshe
    • MiniDict: yeu^去 tshe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhieu-tshe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²² t͡sʰe⁴⁴/

Noun

油菜

1. (Southern China) rape; rapeseed (plant used for vegetable oil)
2. (Northern China) bok choy
3. (Hong Kong) boiled greens (e.g. choy sum, kailan, lettuce), often served with oyster sauce)
4. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) car crash
5. (Internet) Alternative form of 有才 (yǒucái)

Synonyms

• (rape): (in compounds) 菜 (cài)

Derived terms

• 油菜油 (yóucàiyóu)
• 油菜籽 (yóucàizǐ)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
油	菜
あぶら Grade: 3	な Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
蕓 薹 (rare)

Etymology

Literally, “oil greens”, 油(あぶら) (abura, “oil”) + 菜(な) (na, “greens”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠bɯ̟ɾa̠na̠]

Noun

油(あぶら)菜(な) or 油菜(アブラナ) • (aburana) 

1. rapeseed, Brassica campestris

   Synonyms: 菜の花 (na no hana), 菜種 (natane), 胡菜 (kosai), 蕓薹 (untai)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).