小菜

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (小菜)		小	菜
simp. ^#(小菜)		小	菜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xiǎocài

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄞˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xiao³ cai⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² coi³
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵shiau-tshe₅ / ⁵siau₃-tshe₅
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): siau³ cai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎocài
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎocài
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tsʻai⁴
  - Yale: syǎu-tsài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheautsay
  - Palladius: сяоцай (sjaocaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎocàir
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄞˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎocàir
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tsʻai⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: syǎu-tsàir
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheautsall
  - Palladius: сяоцайр (sjaocajr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɑɻ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: xiao³ cai⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiaocai
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiau⁵³ t͡sʰai²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² coi³
  - Yale: síu choi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² tsoi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² coi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵shiau-tshe₅
  - MiniDict: shiau^去 tshe^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xiau-tshe₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɔ³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁵siau₃-tshe₅
  - MiniDict: siau^上 tshe^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /siæ⁵² t͡sʰe³³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: siau³ cai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /si̯ɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵/

Noun

小菜

appetizer
small side dish
easy job; piece of cake
(Southwestern Mandarin, Xiang) vegetable; greens

Synonyms

(appetizer): 前菜 (qiáncài), 開胃菜／开胃菜 (kāiwèicài)
(side dish):
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- 副菜 (fùcài)
- 副餐 (fùcān)
- 配菜 (pèicài)
- 配餐 (pèicān)
(vegetables):
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- 素菜 (Wu)
- 草蔬 (cǎoshū) (literary)
- 菜蔬 (càishū)
- 蔬菜 (shūcài)
- 青菜 (qīngcài)

Dialectal synonyms of 蔬菜 (“vegetables”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		菜, 蔬, 蔬菜, 菜蔬
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蔬菜, 青菜, 菜蔬
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	青菜
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	青菜, 菜, 蔬菜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	青菜
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	青菜, 菜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	小菜
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	小菜, 青菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蔬菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	青菜, 蔬菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	菜
	Hong Kong	菜
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	菜
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	青菜
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	青菜
	Yangjiang	菜
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	菜
	Singapore (Guangfu)	菜
Gan	Nanchang	青菜
Hakka	Meixian	青菜
	Huiyang	青菜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	青菜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	青菜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	青菜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	青菜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	青菜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	青菜
	Hong Kong	青菜
Jin	Taiyuan	菜蔬, 菜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	青菜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	菜, 青菜
Southern Min	Xiamen	草菜, 菜蔬, 菜
	Quanzhou	草菜, 菜蔬, 菜
	Jinjiang	菜蔬
	Zhangzhou	草菜, 菜蔬, 菜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	菜
	Chaozhou	青菜, 菜
	Shantou	青菜
	Jieyang	青菜, 菜, 羹菜
	Singapore (Teochew)	菜
	Pontianak (Teochew)	青菜
	Singapore (Hainanese)	菜
Puxian Min	Putian	青菜, 菜物
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	菜, 青菜
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	青菜
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	青菜, 菜物
	Xianyou	青菜
	Xianyou (Fengting)	青菜
	Xianyou (Youyang)	青菜
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	瓜菜, 蔬菜
Wu	Suzhou	蔬菜
Wu	Wenzhou	菜, 水菜
Xiang	Changsha	小菜
	Shuangfeng	蔬菜, 小菜
	Hengyang	菜

Derived terms

小菜一碟 (xiǎocàiyīdié)