劍仔菜
Chinese
| (double-edged) sword | minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility |
dish (type of food); vegetables | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (劍仔菜) | 劍 | 仔 | 菜 | |
| simp. (剑仔菜) | 剑 | 仔 | 菜 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiàm-á-chhài
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Taichung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàm-á-chhài
- Tâi-lô: kiàm-á-tshài
- Phofsit Daibuun: kiafm'afzhaix
- (Hokkien: Taichung)
Noun
劍仔菜
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 萵苣 (“lettuce”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 萵苣 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 萵苣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 萵苣 |
| Pizhou | 萵苣 | |
| Lianyungang (Ganyu) | 萵苔子, 萵苣苔子 | |
| Donghai | 萵苣苔 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 萵筍 |
| Yangzhou | 萵苣 | |
| Baoying | 萵苣 | |
| Taizhou | 萵筍 | |
| Zhenjiang | 萵苣 | |
| Lianyungang | 萵苣苔子 | |
| Huai'an (Huaiyin) | 萵苣 | |
| Xuyi | 萵苣 | |
| Nantong | 萵筍 | |
| Rugao | 萵苣 | |
| Yancheng | 萵苣苔 | |
| Funing | 萵苣苔 | |
| Sihong | 萵苣 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 生菜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 苦蕒 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 苦蕒 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 苦蕒 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 苦蕒 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 苦蕒 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 萵筍, 萵筍菜 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 萵菜 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 萵菜 |
| Taipei | 萵仔菜 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 萵仔菜 | |
| Kaohsiung | 萵仔菜 | |
| Yilan | 萵仔菜 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 萵仔菜 | |
| Taichung | 萵仔菜, 劍仔菜 | |
| Tainan | 鵝仔菜 | |
| Hsinchu | 萵仔菜 | |
| Kinmen | 萵仔菜 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 鵝仔菜 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 香萵筍, 萵苣筍, 萵筍 |
| Suzhou | 萵苣筍 | |
| Wuxi | 萵苣 | |
| Changshu | 萵苣 | |
| Nantong (Haimen) | 生菜 | |
| Changzhou | 萵苣 | |
| Danyang | 香萵筍, 萵筍 | |
| Nanjing (Gaochun) | 萵苣 | |
| Ningbo | 香萵筍, 萵苣筍 | |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 萵筍 |