漚鹹菜

Chinese

steep; bubble; froth salted vegetable; pickle
trad. (漚鹹菜) 鹹菜
simp. (沤咸菜) 咸菜

Pronunciation


  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: au-kiâm-chhài
      • Tâi-lô: au-kiâm-tshài
      • Phofsit Daibuun: au'kiamzhaix
      • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /au⁴⁴⁻²² kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
      • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /au³³ kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁴¹/
      • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /au⁴⁴⁻²² kiam¹³⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
      • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /au⁴⁴⁻³³ kiam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai¹¹/
      • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /au⁴⁴⁻³³ kiam²³⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹/

Verb

漚鹹菜

  1. (Hokkien) to pickle mustard greens
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to keep one's clothes and personal belongings messy and disorganized (used as an analogy)