木耳菜

Chinese

		wood ear; tree ear; black fungus Auricularia nigricans, syn. Auricularia polytricha	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (木耳菜)		木耳	菜
simp. #(木耳菜)		木耳	菜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mù'ěrcài

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄦˇ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ ji⁵ coi³
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mo⁶ e³ cai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mù'ěrcài
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄦˇ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mù-ěrcài
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-êrh³-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: mù-ěr-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muheeltsay
    • Palladius: муэрцай (muercaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ ji⁵ coi³
    • Yale: muhk yíh choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ ji⁵ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ yi⁵ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² jiː¹³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: mo⁶ e³ cai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo²⁴ ɤ̞⁴¹ t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵/

Noun

木耳菜

1. (regional) Malabar spinach
2. Gynura cusimbua

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 落葵 (“Malabar spinach”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蔠葵, 蘩露
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		落葵
Taxonomic name		落葵
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	皇宮菜
	Singapore	帝皇菜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	軟漿葉, 軟漿子
	Guiyang	木耳菜, 貓耳朵菜
	Liuzhou	藤菜
	Nanning (Wuming)	藤菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	木耳菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	潺菜, 藤菜
	Hong Kong	潺菜
	Dongguan	藤線菜, 潺菜
	Nanning	藤菜
Gan	Pingxiang	木耳菜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	藤菜
Wu	Shanghai	紫角葉
	Suzhou	紫草葉, 紫葛葉
	Hangzhou	木耳菜
	Wenzhou	木耳菜
Xiang	Changsha	木耳菜