拍某菜

Chinese

	to clap; to pat; to beat to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)	(used before measure word and noun) some; (a) certain; so and so	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (拍某菜)	拍	某	菜
simp. ^#(拍某菜)	拍	某	菜
variant forms	打某菜扑某菜扑姥菜拍姆菜
Literally: “hit-wife vegetable”.

Etymology

Because the garland chrysanthemum loses water and shrinks a lot after being cooked, it would cause a man to hit his wife for thinking that she ate it all up.

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): phah-bó͘-chhài

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phah-bó͘-chhài
  - Tâi-lô: phah-bóo-tshài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phahbofzhaix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ bɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰaɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰaɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)⁵ bɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰaɪ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰaɪ¹¹/

Noun

拍某菜

(Hokkien) garland chrysanthemum; crown daisy (Glebionis coronaria)

Synonyms

茼蒿 (tónghāo)
皇帝菜 (huángdìcài)
(dialectal) 蓬蒿 (pénghāo)

Related terms

疼某菜

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