油菜

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Chinese

		oil; sly	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (油菜)		油	菜
simp. ^#(油菜)		油	菜
anagram		菜油

Wikipedia has articles on:

油菜 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
rapeseed (English)
油菜 (香港) (Written Standard Chinese^?)
油菜 (Cantonese)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yóucài

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄘㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ coi³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû-chhài
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yeu-tshe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yóucài
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄘㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yóucài
  - Wade–Giles: yu²-tsʻai⁴
  - Yale: yóu-tsài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youtsay
  - Palladius: юцай (jucaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ coi³
  - Yale: yàuh choi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ tsoi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ coi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-chhài
  - Tâi-lô: iû-tshài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iuzhaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² t͡sʰai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yeu-tshe
  - MiniDict: yeu^去 tshe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhieu-tshe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²² t͡sʰe⁴⁴/

Noun

油菜

(Southern China) rape; rapeseed (plant used for vegetable oil)
(Northern China) bok choy
(Hong Kong) boiled greens (e.g. choy sum, kailan, lettuce), often served with oyster sauce)
(Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) car crash
(Internet) Alternative form of 有才 (yǒucái)

Synonyms

(rape): (in compounds) 菜 (cài)

Derived terms

油菜油 (yóucàiyóu)
油菜籽 (yóucàizǐ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
油	菜
あぶら Grade: 3	な Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
蕓薹 (rare)

アブラナ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

Literally, “oil greens”, 油(あぶら) (abura, “oil”) + 菜(な) (na, “greens”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

油(あぶら)菜(な) or 油菜(アブラナ) • (aburana)

rapeseed, Brassica campestris
Synonyms: 菜の花 (na no hana), 菜種 (natane), 胡菜 (kosai), 蕓薹 (untai)

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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