菜薹
Chinese
| dish (type of food); vegetables | flowering stem | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (菜薹) | 菜 | 薹 | |
| simp. #(菜薹) | 菜 | 薹 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: càitái
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄊㄞˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: càitái
- Wade–Giles: tsʻai4-tʻai2
- Yale: tsài-tái
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaytair
- Palladius: цайтай (cajtaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: coi3 toi4
- Yale: choi tòih
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi3 toi4
- Guangdong Romanization: coi3 toi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ tʰɔːi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
菜薹
- a flowering stem of a brassica, especially of choy sum (Brassica rapa var. parachinensis) or purple choy sum (Brassica rapa var. purpuraria)
Synonyms
- (choy sum): 菜心 (càixīn)