梅乾菜

See also: 梅干菜

Chinese

		plum flower	dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (梅乾菜)		梅	乾	菜
simp. (梅干菜)		梅	干	菜
alternative forms		霉乾菜

Etymology

Originally 霉乾菜 (méigāncài, literally “moldy dried vegetable”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méigāncài

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄍㄢ ㄘㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ gon¹ coi³
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶me-koe-tshe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méigāncài
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄍㄢ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méigancài
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-kan¹-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: méi-gān-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meigantsay
    • Palladius: мэйганьцай (mɛjganʹcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ kän⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴ gon¹ coi³
    • Yale: mùih gōn choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ gon¹ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ gon¹ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ kɔːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶me-koe-tshe
    • MiniDict: me^去 koe tshe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³me-koe-tshe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me²² kø⁵⁵ t͡sʰe²¹/

Noun

梅乾菜

1. meigancai (dry pickled Chinese mustard)

Synonyms

• 梅菜 (méicài)
• (Hakka) 鹹菜乾／咸菜干
• (Hokkien) 覆菜