菜豆

Chinese

		dish (type of food); vegetables	bean; sacrificial vessel
trad. (菜豆)		菜	豆
simp. #(菜豆)		菜	豆
anagram		豆菜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): càidòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ ㄉㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ dau^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhài-tāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: càidòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: càidòu
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai⁴-tou⁴
    • Yale: tsài-dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaydow
    • Palladius: цайдоу (cajdou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi³ dau^6-2
    • Yale: choi dáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ dau^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi³ deo^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ tɐu̯²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Tong'an)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-tāu
    • Tâi-lô: tshài-tāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'dau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ tau³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Tong'an): /t͡sʰai¹¹²⁻⁴² tau²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ tau³³/

Noun

菜豆

1. common bean; kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
2. (chiefly Hokkien) cowpea; black-eyed pea (Vigna unguiculata)

Synonyms

• (kidney bean): 架豆 (jiàdòu), 四季豆 (sìjìdòu); (chiefly Taiwan) 敏豆 (mǐndòu); (Hokkien) 敏豆仔

Dialectal synonyms of 豇豆 (“cowpea; black-eyed pea”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		豇豆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	豇豆, 豆角
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	豇豆
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	豇豆
	Wanrong	豇豆
	Xi'an	豇豆
	Xining	豇豆
	Xuzhou	豇豆
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	豇豆
	Ürümqi	豇豆
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	豇豆, 豆角
	Guiyang	豇豆
	Liuzhou	豆角
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	豇豆
	Yangzhou	豇豆
Cantonese	Hong Kong	豆角
	Dongguan	豆角
Gan	Nanchang	豆角子
	Lichuan	豆角
	Pingxiang	豇豆
Hakka	Meixian	豆角
	Yudu	豇豆, 豆角
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	長豆仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	長豆仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	長豆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	長豆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	長豆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	長豆
Jin	Taiyuan	長豆角
	Xinzhou	豇豆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	豇豆, 豆角
Southern Min	Xiamen	菜豆
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	菜豆
	Quanzhou	菜豆
	Jinjiang	菜豆
	Zhangzhou	菜豆
	Tainan	菜豆 GT
	Haikou	長豆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	豆角
Wu	Shanghai	豇豆, 長豇豆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	豇豆
	Suzhou	豇豆
	Ningbo	豇豆
	Jinhua	豇豆
Xiang	Changsha	豆角, 豆殼, 豆殼子
	Loudi	四季豆
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
菜	豆
さい Grade: 4	とう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

菜(さい)豆(とう) or 菜豆(サイトウ) • (saitō) 

1. common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)

   Synonym: 隠元豆 (ingen-mame)

Usage notes

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