菁仔

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Chinese

		flower of leek	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (菁仔)		菁	仔
simp. ^#(菁仔)		菁	仔
alternative forms		青仔

Pronunciation

Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhiâng-é

(Hailu, HRS): ciang^ˋ er
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiⁿ-á / chheⁿ-á

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-é
  - Hakka Romanization System: qiang^ˊ e^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ e³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴ e³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ciang^ˋ er
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiaŋ⁵³ ə⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-á
  - Tâi-lô: tshinn-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chvi'ar
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-á
  - Tâi-lô: tshenn-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhve'ar
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

Noun

菁仔 (Hokkien)

(chiefly Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, dated in Xiamen Hokkien) (unprocessed) betel
indigo (plant or dye)
1. (chiefly Zhangzhou Hokkien) Persicaria tinctoria
2. (chiefly Taiwanese Hokkien) Indigofera tinctoria

Synonyms

(betel): 檳榔／槟榔 (bīngláng); (Hokkien) 菁仔子, 栳箬子
(Persicaria tinctoria): 蓼藍／蓼蓝 (liǎolán)
(Indigofera tinctoria): 木藍／木蓝

Derived terms

菁仔欉

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