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Chinese
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fast; quick; swift
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dish (type of food); vegetables
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| trad. (快菜)
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快
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菜
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| simp. #(快菜)
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快
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菜
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| alternative forms
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筷菜
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Etymology
Sailors' euphemism for 韭菜. Due to homophony of 韭 and 久 (“long (time)”), 韭 is replaced with 快 (“fast; quick”). Compare 筷子 (kuàizi, “chopsticks”).
Pronunciation
Noun
快菜
- (dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, dated in Gan, euphemistic) Chinese leek; Chinese chives (Allium tuberosum)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
韭菜 (“garlic chives”)