# 莧菜
## Chinese

* 莧菜

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiàncài
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄘㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^6$ coi$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): han-chhoi
    (Hailu, HRS): han$^˖$ coi$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): han$^4$ coi$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): hāing-cha̤̿
* Eastern Min (BUC): háing-chái
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hēng-chhài / hāng-chhài / hěng-chhài
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hoin$^7$ cai$^3$ / hain$^7$ cai$^3$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): han$^5$ cai$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiàncài
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄘㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siàncài
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^4$-tsʻai$^4$
*** Yale: syàn-tsài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianntsay
*** Palladius: сяньцай (sjanʹcaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jin$^6$ coi$^3$
*** Yale: yihn choi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^6$ tsoi$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^6$ coi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn²² t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: han-chhoi
*** Hakka Romanization System: han coi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: han$^4$ coi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /han⁵⁵ t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: han$^˖$ coi$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /han³³ t͡sʰoi¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: han$^4$ coi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /han⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰoɪ⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hāing-cha̤̿
*** Sinological IPA : /xaiŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: háing-chái
*** Sinological IPA : /hɛiŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$ʒɑi²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēng-chhài
*** Tâi-lô: hīng-tshài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hexngzhaix
*** IPA (Kaohsiung, Yilan): /hiɪŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰai²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai¹¹/
*** IPA (Tainan): /hiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰai²¹/
** (Hokkien: Taipei, Kinmen, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāng-chhài
*** Tâi-lô: hāng-tshài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: haxngzhaix
*** IPA (Taipei): /haŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai¹¹/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /haŋ²²⁻¹² t͡sʰai¹²/
** (Hokkien: Lukang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hěng-chhài
*** Tâi-lô: hǐng-tshài
*** IPA (Lukang): /hiɪŋ³³⁻²² t͡sʰai³¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hoin$^7$ cai$^3$ / hain$^7$ cai$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hōiⁿ tshài / hāiⁿ tshài
*** Sinological IPA : /hõĩ¹¹ t͡sʰai²¹³/, /hãĩ¹¹ t͡sʰai²¹³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: han$^5$ cai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /xan²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵/

### Noun

莧菜
* edible amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 莧菜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老來少 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 莧菜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 莧菜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 莧菜, 營生菜 suburbs |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 莧菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 莧菜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 莧菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 莧菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 莧菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 莧菜, 鮮米菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 莧菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yongzhou | 莧菜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 莧菜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 莧菜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 莧菜 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 莧菜 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 莧菜 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 莧菜 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 莧菜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 莧菜 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 莧菜, 番莧 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 莧菜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 莧菜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 莧菜 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 莧菜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 莧菜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 莧菜 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 莧菜 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 莧菜 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 莧菜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 莧菜 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 莧菜 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 莧菜 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 莧菜 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 莧菜 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 莧菜 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 莧菜 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 莧菜 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 莧菜 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 莧菜 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 莧菜 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 莧菜 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 莧菜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 莧菜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 莧菜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 莧菜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 莧菜 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 莧菜 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 莧菜 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 莧菜 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 莧菜 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 莧菜 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 米莧 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 莧菜 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 莧菜, 米莧 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 米莧 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 莧菜 |
| Wu | Danyang | 莧菜 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 莧菜 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 莧菜 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 莧菜 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 莧菜 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 花菜 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 莧菜 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 莧菜 |