菜心

Chinese

		dish (type of food); vegetables	heart; mind
trad. (菜心)		菜	心
simp. ^#(菜心)		菜	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): càixīn

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ sam¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhài-sim
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵tshe-shin₁ / ⁵tshae-shin₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: càixīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: càisin
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻai⁴-hsin¹
  - Yale: tsài-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsayshin
  - Palladius: цайсинь (cajsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi³ sam¹
  - Yale: choi sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi³ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ sɐm⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-sim
  - Tâi-lô: tshài-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaesym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sim³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ sim⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshe-shin₁
  - MiniDict: tshe^去 shin^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshe-xin₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰe³³ ɕin⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshae-shin₁
  - MiniDict: tshae^去 shin^平
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴ ɕin⁵³/

Noun

菜心

choy sum (Chinese vegetable in the Brassica family)
heart (of a cabbage, etc.)

Synonyms

(choy sum): 菜薹 (càitái)

Descendants

→ English: choy sum
→ English: chye sim

Japanese

Kanji in this term
菜	心
さい Grade: 4	しん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 菜心

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sa̠iɕĩɴ]

Noun

菜(さい)心(しん) or 菜心(サイシン) • (saishin)

choy sum