萵仔菜

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See also: 莴仔菜

Chinese

		(lettuce); Lactuca sativa	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (萵仔菜)		萵	仔	菜
simp. (莴仔菜)		莴	仔	菜

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oe-á-chhài / e-á-chhài / er-á-chhài / mé-á-chhài

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Yilan, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oe-á-chhài
  - Tâi-lô: ue-á-tshài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oe'afzhaix
  - IPA (Yilan): /ue⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰai²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai²¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e-á-chhài
  - Tâi-lô: e-á-tshài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: e'afzhaix
  - IPA (Taipei): /e⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: er-á-chhài
  - Tâi-lô: er-á-tshài
  - IPA (Kinmen): /ə⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sʰai¹²/
  - IPA (Lukang): /ə³³ a⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sʰai³¹/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mé-á-chhài
  - Tâi-lô: mé-á-tshài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mefafzhaix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mẽ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai²¹/

Noun

萵仔菜

(Southern Min) lettuce, especially Indian lettuce (Lactuca indica)

Synonyms

莜麥菜／莜麦菜 (yóumàicài); (chiefly Taiwan) A菜 (ēi-cài)

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