芹菜
Chinese
| Chinese celery | dish (type of food); vegetables | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (芹菜) | 芹 | 菜 | |
| simp. #(芹菜) | 芹 | 菜 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): 'qin2 cai3
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): ge̿ng-cha̤̿
- Eastern Min (BUC): kṳ̀ng-chái
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kyng2 cai4
- Southern Min
- Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): kan4 caai3
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 6jin-tshe5 / 2jin-tshae5 / 2jin-tshe5 / 2jin-tshai5
- Xiang
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qíncài
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄘㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cíncài
- Wade–Giles: chʻin2-tsʻai4
- Yale: chín-tsài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyntsay
- Palladius: циньцай (cinʹcaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: qin2 cai4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kincai
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰin²¹ t͡sʰai²¹³/
- (Xi'an)
- Guanzhong Pinyin: qíncai
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰiẽ²⁴ t͡sʰæ/
- (Nanjing)
- Nanjing Pinyin: qíncāi
- Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): qin2 cai4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰĩ²⁴ t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kan4 coi3
- Yale: kàhn choi
- Cantonese Pinyin: kan4 tsoi3
- Guangdong Romanization: ken4 coi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɐn²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: kan4 cui3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɐn²¹ t͡sʰui³²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiùn-chhoi
- Hakka Romanization System: kiunˇ coi
- Hagfa Pinyim: kiun2 coi4
- Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯un¹¹ t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: kiun coiˇ
- Sinological IPA: /kʰiun⁵⁵ t͡sʰoi¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: kiun2 coi4
- Sinological IPA: /kʰiun¹¹ t͡sʰoɪ⁵³/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ge̿ng-cha̤̿
- Sinological IPA (key): /keiŋ³³ t͡sʰɛ³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: kyng2 cai4 [Phonetic: kyng1 nai4]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kṳ́ng-cha̍i
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰyŋ¹³⁻⁵⁵ (t͡sʰ-)nai⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: kyng2 cai4 [Phonetic: kyng1 nai4]
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰyŋ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ (t͡sʰ-)nai⁴²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khûn-chhài
- Tâi-lô: khûn-tshài
- Phofsit Daibuun: qunzhaix
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰun²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
- IPA (Singapore): /kʰun²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰai²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰun²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai¹¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Penang, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khîn-chhài
- Tâi-lô: khîn-tshài
- Phofsit Daibuun: qinzhaix
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰin²³⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹/
- IPA (Singapore): /kʰin²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰai²¹/
- IPA (Penang): /kʰin²³⁻²¹ t͡sʰai²¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰin¹³⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kîn-chhài
- Tâi-lô: kîn-tshài
- Phofsit Daibuun: kinzhaix
- IPA (Penang): /kin²³⁻²¹ t͡sʰai²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khêrn-chhài
- Tâi-lô: khêrn-tshài
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰən²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Singapore)
Note: khêrn-chhài - Only used in Nan'an, Dehua and Yongchun dialects.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: keng5 cai3 / kêng5 cai3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khṳ̂ng tshài / khêng tshài
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɯŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai²¹³/, /kʰeŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai²¹³/
- (Teochew)
Note: kêng5 cai3 - Jieyang.
- (Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: kieng5 cai3
- Sinological IPA: /kʰieŋ²² t͡sʰai²¹/
- (Leizhou)
- Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Jyutping++: kan4 caai3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰən²¹ t͡sʰai⁵⁵/
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
- Wugniu: 6jin-tshe5
- MiniDict: jin去 tshe去
- Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3jjin-tshe2
- Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑin²² t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Jiading)
- Wugniu: 2jin-tshae5
- MiniDict: jin平 tshae去
- Sinological IPA (Jiading): /d͡ʑiŋ²³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Songjiang, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo)
- (Northern: Chongming)
- Wugniu: 2jin-tshai5
- MiniDict: jin平 tshai去
- Sinological IPA (Chongming): /d͡ʑin²⁴ t͡sʰɛ³³/
- (Northern: Shanghai)
- Xiang
Noun
芹菜
- celery, especially the Chinese celery
- Alternative name for 水芹 (shuǐqín, “water dropwort”).
- (dialectal Hakka, Penang Hokkien) cilantro
Synonyms
- (celery):
Dialectal synonyms of 芹菜 (“celery”) [map]
- (water dropwort): 楚葵 (chǔkuí), 刀芹 (dāoqín), 牛草 (niúcǎo), 水芹 (shuǐqín), 水英 (shuǐyīng), 蜀芹 (shǔqín), 細本山芹菜/细本山芹菜 (xìběnshān qíncài)
- (cilantro):
Dialectal synonyms of 芫荽 (“coriander”) [map]
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Bikol Central: kintsay
- → English: kinchay
- → Khmer: ឃិនឆាយ (khɨnchaay)
- → Tagalog: kintsay
- → Thai: ขึ้นฉ่าย (kʉ̂n-chàai)
See also
- 西芹 (xīqín)
References
- “芹菜”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- “Entry #2412”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
- 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 33.