蔬菜

Chinese

	vegetables	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (蔬菜)	蔬	菜
simp. ^#(蔬菜)	蔬	菜
anagram	菜蔬

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蔬菜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shūcài

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄘㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): so¹ coi³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): so͘-chhài

(Teochew, Peng'im): so¹ cai³
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵su-tshe; ¹su-tshe / ³sou₁-tshe₅

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shūcài
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄘㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shucài
  - Wade–Giles: shu¹-tsʻai⁴
  - Yale: shū-tsài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shutsay
  - Palladius: шуцай (šucaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: so¹ coi³
  - Yale: sō choi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: so¹ tsoi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: so¹ coi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘-chhài
  - Tâi-lô: soo-tshài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sozhaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³ t͡sʰai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: so¹ cai³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: so tshài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /so³³⁻²³ t͡sʰai²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵su-tshe; ¹su-tshe
  - MiniDict: su^去 tshe; su^平 tshe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²su-tshe; ¹su-tshe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /su³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/, /su⁵⁵ t͡sʰe²¹/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ³sou₁-tshe₅
  - MiniDict: sou^平 tshe^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /səu⁵² t͡sʰe¹¹/

Note:

⁵su tshe - also written as 素菜;
¹su tshe - Shanghainese, extrapolation from regular contemporary sandhi patterns. somewhat more prevalent in younger speakers or literary/proper name contexts.

Noun

蔬菜

vegetable; greens
種植蔬菜／种植蔬菜 ― zhòngzhí shūcài ― to plant vegetables

綠葉蔬菜／绿叶蔬菜 ― lǜyè shūcài ― leafy greens

Synonyms

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草蔬 (cǎoshū) (literary)
菜蔬 (càishū)
青菜 (qīngcài)

Dialectal synonyms of 蔬菜 (“vegetables”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		菜, 蔬, 蔬菜, 菜蔬
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蔬菜, 青菜, 菜蔬
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	青菜
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	青菜, 菜, 蔬菜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	青菜
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	青菜, 菜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	小菜
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	小菜, 青菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蔬菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	青菜, 蔬菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	菜
	Hong Kong	菜
	Yangjiang	菜
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	菜
	Singapore (Guangfu)	菜
Gan	Nanchang	青菜
Hakka	Meixian	青菜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	青菜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	青菜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	青菜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	青菜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	青菜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	青菜
Jin	Taiyuan	菜蔬, 菜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	青菜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	菜, 青菜
Southern Min	Xiamen	草菜, 菜蔬, 菜
	Quanzhou	草菜, 菜蔬, 菜
	Jinjiang	菜蔬
	Zhangzhou	草菜, 菜蔬, 菜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	菜
	Chaozhou	青菜, 菜
	Shantou	青菜
	Jieyang	青菜, 菜, 羹菜
	Singapore (Teochew)	菜
	Pontianak (Teochew)	青菜
	Singapore (Hainanese)	菜
Puxian Min	Putian	青菜, 菜物
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	菜, 青菜
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	青菜
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	青菜, 菜物
	Xianyou	青菜
	Xianyou (Fengting)	青菜
	Xianyou (Youyang)	青菜
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	瓜菜, 蔬菜
Wu	Suzhou	蔬菜
Wu	Wenzhou	菜, 水菜
Xiang	Changsha	小菜
Xiang	Shuangfeng	蔬菜, 小菜

Derived terms

蔬菜汁 (shūcàizhī)

Proper noun

蔬菜

(～村) Shucai (a village in Wenquan, Yingshan, Huanggang, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蔬	菜
そ Hyōgai	さい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

蔬(そ)菜(さい) • (sosai)

vegetable; greens
Synonym: 野菜 (“yasai”)

蔬菜

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