A菜

Chinese

			dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (A菜)		A	菜
simp. #(A菜)		A	菜

Etymology

From Hokkien 萵仔菜／莴仔菜 (e-á-chhài).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēi-cài

  (Zhuyin): ㄟ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ei¹ coi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: A-cài
    • Zhuyin: ㄟ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: eicài
    • Wade–Giles: ei¹-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: ēi-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eitsay
    • Palladius: эйцай (ejcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ei¹ coi³
    • Yale: ēi choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ei¹ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: éi¹ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ei̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/

Noun

A菜

1. (chiefly Taiwanese Mandarin) Indian lettuce (Lactuca indica)