落葵

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	sunflower
trad. (落葵)		落	葵
simp. #(落葵)		落	葵

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why "fall/drop/leave behind"?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòkuí

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ kwai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòkuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòkuéi
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-kʻuei²
    • Yale: lwò-kwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohkwei
    • Palladius: локуй (lokuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ kwai⁴
    • Yale: lohk kwàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ kwai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ kuei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² kʷʰɐi̯²¹/

Noun

落葵

1. Malabar spinach (Basella alba)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 落葵 (“Malabar spinach”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蔠葵, 蘩露
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		落葵
Taxonomic name		落葵
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	皇宮菜
	Singapore	帝皇菜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	軟漿葉, 軟漿子
	Guiyang	木耳菜, 貓耳朵菜
	Liuzhou	藤菜
	Nanning (Wuming)	藤菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	木耳菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	潺菜, 藤菜
	Hong Kong	潺菜
	Dongguan	藤線菜, 潺菜
	Nanning	藤菜
Gan	Pingxiang	木耳菜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	藤菜
Wu	Shanghai	紫角葉
	Suzhou	紫草葉, 紫葛葉
	Hangzhou	木耳菜
	Wenzhou	木耳菜
Xiang	Changsha	木耳菜