荇菜

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Chinese

		Limnanthemum nymphoides	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (荇菜)		荇	菜
simp. ^#(荇菜)		荇	菜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìngcài

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄘㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁶ coi³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hēng-chhài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìngcài
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄘㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìngcài
  - Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-tsʻai⁴
  - Yale: syìng-tsài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqtsay
  - Palladius: синцай (sincaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hang⁶ coi³
  - Yale: hahng choi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁶ tsoi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: heng⁶ coi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²² t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēng-chhài
  - Tâi-lô: hīng-tshài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hexngzhaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰai²¹/

Middle Chinese: haengX tshojH

Rime
Character	荇	菜
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	何梗切	倉代切
Baxter	haengX	tshojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠæŋ^X/	/t͡sʰʌi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚaŋ^X/	/t͡sʰəi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣaŋ^X/	/t͡sʰɒi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨjŋ^X/	/t͡sʰəj^H/
Li Rong	/ɣɐŋ^X/	/t͡sʰᴀi^H/
Wang Li	/ɣɐŋ^X/	/t͡sʰɒi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɐŋ^X/	/t͡sʰɑ̆i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hèng	cài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hang⁶	coi³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ˤraŋʔ s.r̥ˤəʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡraːŋʔ sʰɯːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	荇	菜
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xìng	cài
Middle Chinese	‹ hæng^X ›	‹ tshoj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*ˁraŋʔ/	/*s.r̥ˁəʔ-s/
English	Limnanthemum nymphoides	vegetables
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be -t or -p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	荇	菜
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13875	1076
Phonetic component	行	采
Rime group	陽	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	杏	菜
Old Chinese	/*ɡraːŋʔ/	/*sʰɯːs/
Notes	說文同莕

Noun

荇菜

duckweed (Nymphoides peltata)
- 參差荇菜，左右流之 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  参差荇菜，左右流之 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Cēncī xìngcài, zuǒyòu liú zhī
  Here long, there short, is the duckweed, To the left, to the right, borne about by the current.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
荇	菜
あさざ
Hyōgai	Grade: 4
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
莕菜

アサザ on Japanese Wikipedia

Noun

荇菜(あさざ) or 荇菜(アサザ) • (asaza) ^{←あざさ (azasa)^?}

fringed water lily, Nymphoides peltata

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

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