生菜

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (生菜)		生	菜
simp. ^#(生菜)		生	菜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngcài

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄘㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ coi³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheⁿ-chhài / chhiⁿ-chhài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngcài
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄘㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengcài
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-tsʻai⁴
  - Yale: shēng-tsài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengtsay
  - Palladius: шэнцай (šɛncaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang¹ coi³
  - Yale: sāang choi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ tsoi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ coi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-chhài
  - Tâi-lô: tshenn-tshài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhvezhaix
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-chhài
  - Tâi-lô: tshinn-tshài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chvizhaix
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai¹¹/

Noun

生菜

Synonyms

(romaine lettuce): (Hokkien) 芳菜

Dialectal synonyms of 萵苣 (“lettuce”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		萵苣
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	萵苣
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	萵苣
	Pizhou	萵苣
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	萵薹子, 萵苣薹子
	Donghai	萵苣薹
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	萵筍
	Yangzhou	萵苣
	Baoying	萵苣
	Taizhou	萵筍
	Zhenjiang	萵苣
	Lianyungang	萵苣薹子
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	萵苣
	Xuyi	萵苣
	Nantong	萵筍
	Rugao	萵苣
	Yancheng	萵苣薹
	Funing	萵苣薹
	Sihong	萵苣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	生菜
	Hong Kong	生菜
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	生菜
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	蕒仔
	Taishan	生菜
Hakka	Ruijin	蕒子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	苦蕒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	苦蕒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	苦蕒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	苦蕒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	苦蕒
	Hong Kong	蕒菜
Huizhou	Jixi	萵筍, 萵筍菜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	萵菜
Southern Min	Jinjiang	萵菜
	Zhao'an	萵菜
	Taipei	萵仔菜
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	萵仔菜, 鵝仔菜
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	萵仔菜
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	萵仔菜
	Kaohsiung	萵仔菜
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鵝仔菜
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	萵仔菜
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	鵝仔菜
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	萵仔菜, 鵝仔菜
	Yilan	萵仔菜
	Yilan (Luodong)	萵仔菜, 鵝仔菜
	Yilan (Toucheng)	萵仔菜
	Changhua (Lukang)	萵仔菜
	Changhua (Yongjing)	萵仔菜
	Taichung	萵仔菜, 劍仔菜
	Tainan	鵝仔菜
	Tainan (Anping)	鵝仔菜
	Hsinchu	萵仔菜
	Kinmen	萵仔菜
	Penghu (Magong)	鵝仔菜
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鵝仔菜
	Penang (Hokkien)	萵仔菜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	芳菜
	Jieyang	芳菜
Wu	Shanghai	香萵筍, 萵苣筍, 萵筍
	Suzhou	萵苣筍
	Wuxi	萵苣
	Changshu	萵苣
	Nantong (Haimen)	生菜
	Changzhou	萵苣
	Danyang	香萵筍, 萵筍
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	萵苣
	Ningbo	香萵筍, 萵苣筍
Xiang	Hengyang	萵筍