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菜心

菜心

Chinese

		dish (type of food); vegetables	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (菜心)		菜	心

Noun

菜心

choy sum, a Chinese vegetable in the Brassica family

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): càixīn

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ sam¹
Min Nan (POJ): chhài-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: càixīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsayshin
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi³ sam¹
  - Yale: choi sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ sam¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ sɐm⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-sim
  - Tâi-lô: tshài-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaesym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕim³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaɪ¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaɪ²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕim⁴⁴/