菜薹

Chinese

		dish (type of food); vegetables	flowering stem
trad. (菜薹)		菜	薹
simp. #(菜薹)		菜	薹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): càitái

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ ㄊㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ toi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: càitái
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄊㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: càitái
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai⁴-tʻai²
    • Yale: tsài-tái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaytair
    • Palladius: цайтай (cajtaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi³ toi⁴
    • Yale: choi tòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ toi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi³ toi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ tʰɔːi̯²¹/

Noun

菜薹

1. a flowering stem of a brassica, especially of choy sum (Brassica rapa var. parachinensis) or purple choy sum (Brassica rapa var. purpuraria)

Synonyms

• (choy sum): 菜心 (càixīn)