菜心

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): càixīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ sam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhài-sim
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵tshe-shin₁ / ⁵tshae-shin₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: càixīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: càisin
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai⁴-hsin¹
    • Yale: tsài-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsayshin
    • Palladius: цайсинь (cajsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi³ sam¹
    • Yale: choi sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi³ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tshài-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaesym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ sim⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshe-shin₁
    • MiniDict: tshe^去 shin^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshe-xin₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰe³³ ɕin⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Jiaxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshae-shin₁
    • MiniDict: tshae^去 shin^平
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴ ɕin⁵³/

Noun

菜心

1. choy sum (Chinese vegetable in the Brassica family)
2. heart (of a cabbage, etc.)

Synonyms

• (choy sum): 菜薹 (càitái)

Descendants

• → English: choy sum
• → English: chye sim

Japanese

Kanji in this term
菜	心
さい Grade: 4	しん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 菜心

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa̠iɕĩɴ]

Noun

菜(さい)心(しん) or 菜心(サイシン) • (saishin) 

1. choy sum