# 小菜
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xiǎocài
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄞˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xiao$^3$ cai$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^2$ coi$^3$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$shiau-tshe$_5$ / $^5$siau$_3$-tshe$_5$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): siau$^3$ cai$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎocài
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎocài
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^3$-tsʻai$^4$
*** Yale: syǎu-tsài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheautsay
*** Palladius: сяоцай (sjaocaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎocàir
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄞˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎocàir
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^3$-tsʻai$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: syǎu-tsàir
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheautsall
*** Palladius: сяоцайр (sjaocajr)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɑɻ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xiao$^3$ cai$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiaocai
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiau⁵³ t͡sʰai²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^2$ coi$^3$
*** Yale: síu choi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^2$ tsoi$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^2$ coi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$shiau-tshe$_5$
*** MiniDict: shiau$^去$ tshe$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$xiau-tshe$_2$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɔ³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^5$siau$_3$-tshe$_5$
*** MiniDict: siau$^上$ tshe$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /siæ⁵² t͡sʰe³³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: siau$^3$ cai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /si̯ɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵/

### Noun

小菜
* appetizer
* small side dish
* easy job; piece of cake
* (Southwestern Mandarin, Xiang) vegetable; greens

#### Synonyms

* (appetizer): 前菜 (qiáncài), 開胃菜／开胃菜 (kāiwèicài)
* (side dish): edit副菜 (fùcài)副餐 (fùcān)配菜 (pèicài)配餐 (pèicān)
* (vegetables): edit草蔬 (cǎoshū) (literary)菜蔬 (càishū)蔬菜 (shūcài)青菜 (qīngcài)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 菜, 蔬, 蔬菜, 菜蔬 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蔬菜, 青菜, 菜蔬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 青菜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 青菜, 菜, 蔬菜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 青菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 青菜, 菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 小菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 小菜, 青菜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蔬菜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 青菜, 蔬菜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 菜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 菜 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 菜 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 菜 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 菜 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 青菜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 青菜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 青菜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 青菜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 青菜 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 青菜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 青菜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 青菜 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 菜蔬, 菜 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 青菜 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 菜, 青菜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 草菜, 菜蔬, 菜 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 草菜, 菜蔬, 菜 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 菜蔬 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 草菜, 菜蔬, 菜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 菜 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 青菜, 菜 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 青菜 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 青菜, 菜, 羹菜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 菜 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 青菜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 菜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 青菜, 菜物 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 菜, 青菜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 青菜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 青菜, 菜物 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 青菜 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 青菜 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 青菜 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 瓜菜, 蔬菜 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蔬菜 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 菜, 水菜 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 小菜 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蔬菜, 小菜 |

#### Derived terms

* 小菜一碟 (xiǎocàiyīdié)