鹹酸甜草

Chinese

		salty and sour; salty and flavorful; well seasoned	sweet	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (鹹酸甜草)		鹹酸	甜	草
simp. (咸酸甜草)		咸酸	甜	草

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiâm-sng-tiⁿ-chháu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâm-sng-tiⁿ-chháu
    • Tâi-lô: kiâm-sng-tinn-tsháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiamsngdvizhao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiam²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³ tĩ³³ t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

鹹酸甜草

1. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 酢漿草 (“creeping woodsorrel”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		酢漿草
Taxonomic name		酢漿草
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	酢漿草
Cantonese	Guangzhou	酸味草
	Hong Kong	酢漿草
Huizhou	Jixi	滿天星
Southern Min	Xiamen	鹹酸甜草
	Quanzhou	鹹酸甜草
	Zhangzhou	鹽酸仔
	Tainan	鹽酸仔草