素菜

Chinese

		plain; element	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (素菜)		素	菜
simp. ^#(素菜)		素	菜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): sùcài

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄘㄞˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): su⁴ cai⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ coi³
Gan (Wiktionary): 'su⁴ cai³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sò͘-chhài
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵su-tshe / ⁵sou-tshe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sùcài
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄘㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sùcài
  - Wade–Giles: su⁴-tsʻai⁴
  - Yale: sù-tsài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhtsay
  - Palladius: суцай (sucaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: su⁴ cai⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sucai
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su²¹³ t͡sʰai²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sou³ coi³
  - Yale: sou choi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ tsoi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sou³ coi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'su⁴ cai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈsu³⁵ t͡sʰai²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘-chhài
  - Tâi-lô: sòo-tshài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sorzhaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰai²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵su-tshe
  - MiniDict: su^去 tshe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²su-tshe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /su³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sou-tshe
  - MiniDict: sou^去 tshe
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /səu⁵² t͡sʰe³³/

Note: ⁵su tshe - Shanghainese, "vegetables", also written as 蔬菜.

Noun

素菜

vegetable dish; vegetarian dish
(dialectal Northern Wu) Alternative form of 蔬菜 (⁵su tshe, “vegetables”)

Synonyms

(vegetarian dish):

齋菜／斋菜 (zhāicài)
(Wu) 素小菜

(vegetable):

Dialectal synonyms of 蔬菜 (“vegetables”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		菜, 蔬, 蔬菜, 菜蔬
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蔬菜, 青菜, 菜蔬
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	青菜
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	青菜, 菜, 蔬菜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	青菜
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	青菜, 菜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	小菜
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	小菜, 青菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蔬菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	青菜, 蔬菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	菜
	Hong Kong	菜
	Yangjiang	菜
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	菜
	Singapore (Guangfu)	菜
Gan	Nanchang	青菜
Hakka	Meixian	青菜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	青菜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	青菜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	青菜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	青菜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	青菜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	青菜
Jin	Taiyuan	菜蔬, 菜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	青菜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	菜, 青菜
Southern Min	Xiamen	草菜, 菜蔬, 菜
	Quanzhou	草菜, 菜蔬, 菜
	Jinjiang	菜蔬
	Zhangzhou	草菜, 菜蔬, 菜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	菜
	Chaozhou	青菜, 菜
	Shantou	青菜
	Jieyang	青菜, 菜, 羹菜
	Singapore (Teochew)	菜
	Pontianak (Teochew)	青菜
	Singapore (Hainanese)	菜
Puxian Min	Putian	青菜, 菜物
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	菜, 青菜
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	青菜
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	青菜, 菜物
	Xianyou	青菜
	Xianyou (Fengting)	青菜
	Xianyou (Youyang)	青菜
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	瓜菜, 蔬菜
Wu	Suzhou	蔬菜
Wu	Wenzhou	菜, 水菜
Xiang	Changsha	小菜
	Shuangfeng	蔬菜, 小菜
	Hengyang	菜

Derived terms

素菜館 / 素菜馆 (sùcàiguǎn)