菠菜
Chinese
phonetic | dish (type of food); vegetables | ||
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trad. (菠菜) | 菠 | 菜 | |
simp. #(菠菜) | 菠 | 菜 |
Etymology
From earlier 波斯菜 (bōsīcài), from 波斯 (Bōsī, “Persia”) + 菜 (cài, “greens, vegetable”). Alternatively, short for 菠薐菜 (bōléngcài). Compare the etymology of English spinach.
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 菠菜 (“spinach”) [map] | ||
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Variety | Location | Words |
Classical Chinese | 菠菜 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 菠菜 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 菠菜 |
Tianjin | 菠菜 | |
Jinan | 菠菜 | |
Wuhan | 菠菜 | |
Chengdu | 菠菜 | |
Yangzhou | 菠菜 | |
Hefei | 菠菜 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 菠菜 |
Hong Kong | 菠菜 | |
Taishan | 菠菜 | |
Yangjiang | 菠薐菜 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 菠菜 |
Hakka | Meixian | 角菜, 菠菜 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 角菜 | |
Liudui (S. Sixian) | 角菜 | |
Hsinchu (Hailu) | 角菜 | |
Dongshi (Dabu) | 角菜 | |
Hsinchu (Raoping) | 角菜 | |
Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 角子菜 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 菠菜, 青菜 |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 菠薐 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 菠薐菜, 菠薐 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 菠薐菜, 赤根菜 |
Quanzhou | 菠倫菜 | |
Zhangzhou | 菠薐菜 | |
Taipei | 菠薐仔 | |
Kaohsiung | 菠薐仔 | |
Tainan | 菠薐仔 | |
Taichung | 菠薐仔 | |
Hsinchu | 菠薐菜 | |
Lukang | 菠薐仔 | |
Sanxia | 菠薐仔 | |
Yilan | 菠薐仔 | |
Kinmen | 菠薐菜 | |
Magong | 菠薐 | |
Philippines (Manila) | 菠倫菜 | |
Chaozhou | 菠薐 | |
Wu | Suzhou | 菠菜 |
Wenzhou | 菠薐菜, 菠薐 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 菠菜, 扯根菜 |
Shuangfeng | 扯根菜 |
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