燕菜

Chinese

		swallow (bird); surname; place name	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (燕菜)		燕	菜
simp. #(燕菜)		燕	菜
anagram		菜燕

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàncài

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin³ coi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàncài
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàncài
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: yàn-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanntsay
    • Palladius: яньцай (janʹcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin³ coi³
    • Yale: yin choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin³ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin³ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/

Noun

燕菜

1. (dated) delicacies made from edible bird's nest

Pronunciation 2

• Eastern Min (BUC): iéng-chái

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iéng-chái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒɑi²¹³/

Noun

燕菜

1. (Eastern Min) edible bird's nest

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 燕窩 (“edible bird's nest”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		燕窩
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	燕窩
Cantonese	Hong Kong	燕窩
Gan	Nanchang	燕窩
	Pingxiang	燕子窠
Hakka	Yudu	燕窩
Huizhou	Jixi	燕窠
Jin	Taiyuan	燕窩
	Xinzhou	燕兒窩
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	燕菜
Southern Min	Manila (Hokkien)	燕窩