瓜子菜
Chinese
| melon seed | vegetable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (瓜子菜) | 瓜子 | 菜 | |
| simp. #(瓜子菜) | 瓜子 | 菜 | |
| anagram | 菜瓜子 | ||
Etymology
Named for the shape of the leaves, which resemble melon seeds.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwaa1 zi2 coi3
- Yale: gwā jí choi
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa1 dzi2 tsoi3
- Guangdong Romanization: gua1 ji2 coi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷaː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
瓜子菜
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 馬齒莧 (“purslane”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 馬齒莧 | |
| Taxonomic name | 馬齒莧 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 麻纓兒菜, 麻繩兒菜, 襪底兒菜 |
| Taiwan | 馬齒莧 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 馬鬚菜 |
| Jinan | 馬踏菜, 馬繩菜 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 螞蚱兒菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 馬齒 |
| Xuzhou | 馬馬菜 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 胖娃娃草 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 馬屎莧 |
| Liuzhou | 馬齒莧, 瓜子菜 | |
| Nanning (Wuming) | 馬齒莧, 瓜子菜 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 馬齒莧 |
| Yangzhou | 馬齒菜 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 瓜子菜 |
| Hong Kong | 馬齒莧 | |
| Dongguan | 馬齒莧 | |
| Nanning | 瓜子菜 | |
| Gan | Pengze | 馬子莧 |
| Pingxiang | 馬齒莧 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老鼠耳, 馬齒莧 |
| Xingning | 老鼠耳 | |
| Yudu | 馬屎莧 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 馬齒甲 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 馬齒莧, 馬齒齒 |
| Xinzhou | 馬齒 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 豬母菜 |
| Quanzhou | 豬母菜 | |
| Zhangzhou | 豬母奶 | |
| Tainan | 豬母菜 | |
| Jieyang | 豬母莧 | |
| Haifeng | 豬母菜, 豬母酸 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 虼蚻菜 |
| Xianyou | 豬母窩, 孔子菜 | |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 馬齒莧菜 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 醬板草 |
| Jinhua | 豬母莧 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 馬齒莧 |
| Loudi | 馬齒莧 | |