菜豆

Chinese

	dish (type of food); vegetables	bean; sacrificial vessel
trad. (菜豆)	菜	豆
simp. ^#(菜豆)	菜	豆
anagram	豆菜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): càidòu

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ ㄉㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ dau^6-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhài-tāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: càidòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄉㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: càidòu
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻai⁴-tou⁴
  - Yale: tsài-dòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaydow
  - Palladius: цайдоу (cajdou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi³ dau^6-2
  - Yale: choi dáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ dau^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi³ deo^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ tɐu̯²²⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Tong'an)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-tāu
  - Tâi-lô: tshài-tāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'dau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ tau³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Tong'an): /t͡sʰai¹¹²⁻⁴² tau²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tau²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ tau³³/

Noun

菜豆

common bean; kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
(chiefly Hokkien) cowpea; black-eyed pea (Vigna unguiculata)

Synonyms

(kidney bean): 架豆 (jiàdòu), 四季豆 (sìjìdòu); (chiefly Taiwan) 敏豆 (mǐndòu); (Hokkien) 敏豆仔

Dialectal synonyms of 豇豆 (“cowpea; black-eyed pea”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		豇豆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	豇豆, 豆角
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	豇豆
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	豇豆
	Wanrong	豇豆
	Xi'an	豇豆
	Xining	豇豆
	Xuzhou	豇豆, 豆角子
	Pizhou	豇豆
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	豇豆
	Donghai	豇豆
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	豇豆
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	豇豆
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	豇豆, 豆角
	Guiyang	豇豆
	Liuzhou	豆角
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	豇豆, 豇豆兒
	Yangzhou	豇豆
	Baoying	豇豆, 豇豆角子
	Taizhou	豇豆
	Zhenjiang	豇豆
	Lianyungang	豇豆
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	豇豆
	Xuyi	豇豆
	Nantong	豇豆
	Rugao	豇豆兒
	Yancheng	豇豆
	Funing	豇豆
	Sihong	豇豆
Cantonese	Hong Kong	豆角
Cantonese	Dongguan	豆角
Gan	Nanchang	豆角子
	Lichuan	豆角
	Pingxiang	豇豆
Hakka	Meixian	豆角
	Yudu	豇豆, 豆角
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	長豆仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	長豆仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	長豆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	長豆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	長豆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	長豆
Jin	Taiyuan	長豆角
Jin	Xinzhou	豇豆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	豇豆, 豆角
Southern Min	Xiamen	菜豆
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	菜豆
	Quanzhou	菜豆
	Jinjiang	菜豆
	Zhangzhou	菜豆
	Tainan	菜豆 GT
	Haikou	長豆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	豆角
Wu	Shanghai	豇豆, 長豇豆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	豇豆
	Suzhou	豇豆, 長豇豆
	Wuxi	長豇豆
	Changshu	長豆
	Nantong (Haimen)	豇豆
	Changzhou	長豇豆
	Danyang	豇豆
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	豇豆
	Ningbo	豇豆
	Jinhua	豇豆
Xiang	Changsha	豆角, 豆殼, 豆殼子
Xiang	Loudi	四季豆
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
菜	豆
さい Grade: 4	とう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

菜(さい)豆(とう) or 菜豆(サイトウ) • (saitō)

common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Synonym: 隠元豆 (ingen-mame)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).