菠菜
Chinese
| phonetic | dish (type of food); vegetables | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (菠菜) | 菠 | 菜 | |
| simp. #(菠菜) | 菠 | 菜 | |
Spinach
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] | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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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