金針菜

Chinese

		acupuncture needle; secret; trick acupuncture needle; secret; trick; key	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (金針菜)		金針	菜
simp. (金针菜)		金针	菜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnzhēncài

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄓㄣㄘㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ zam¹ coi³
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ging¹ zieng¹ cai⁴ / ging¹ zeng¹ cai⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-chiam-chhài / kim-cham-chhài
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹cin-tsen-tshe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnzhēncài
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄓㄣㄘㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jinjhencài
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹-chên¹-tsʻai⁴
  - Yale: jīn-jēn-tsài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinjentsay
  - Palladius: цзиньчжэньцай (czinʹčžɛnʹcaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ zam¹ coi³
  - Yale: gām jām choi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ dzam¹ tsoi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ zem¹ coi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ging¹ zieng¹ cai⁴ [Phonetic: ging⁵ nieng² nai⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ging-ciang-cha̍i
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(t͡s-)niɛŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ ^(t͡sʰ-)nai⁴²/
- (Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ging¹ zeng¹ cai⁴ [Phonetic: ging⁵ neng² nai⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(t͡s-)nɛŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ ^(t͡sʰ-)nai⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-chiam-chhài
  - Tâi-lô: kim-tsiam-tshài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimciamzhaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-cham-chhài
  - Tâi-lô: kim-tsam-tshài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimzamzhaix
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kim³³ t͡sam³³ t͡sʰai⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹cin-tsen-tshe
  - MiniDict: cin^平 tsen tshe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jin-tsen-tshe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡sən³³ t͡sʰe²¹/

Noun

金針菜

daylily buds (used as an ingredient in some Chinese dishes such as hot and sour soup and moo shu pork)

Synonyms

金針／金针 (jīnzhēn)
黃花菜／黄花菜 (huánghuācài)
(Wu) 金莖菜／金茎菜

References

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) “1393 金针菜（黄花菜）”, in 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 428.