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油菜

油菜

Chinese

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

Noun

油菜

rape; rapeseed (the vegetable)

Derived terms

油菜油 (yóucàiyóu)

References

油菜 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
rapeseed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology

From 油 (yóu, “oil”) + 菜 (cài, “vegetable”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yóucài

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄘㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ coi³
Min Nan (POJ): iû-chhài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yóucài
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄘㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youtsay
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ coi³
  - Yale: yàuh choi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ tsoi³
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-chhài
  - Tâi-lô: iû-tshài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iuzhaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaɪ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² t͡sʰaɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰaɪ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰaɪ²¹/