# 髮菜
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fàcài, fǎcài
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˋ ㄘㄞˋ, ㄈㄚˇ ㄘㄞˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): faat$^3$ coi$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): fat$^1$ toi$^{1*}$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fad$^5$ coi$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-chhài
    (Teochew, Peng'im): huêg$^4$ cai$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$faq-tshe
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fa$^6$ cai$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fàcài
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˋ ㄘㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fàcài
*** Wade–Giles: fa$^4$-tsʻai$^4$
*** Yale: fà-tsài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fahtsay
*** Palladius: фацай (facaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /fä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fǎcài
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄘㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fǎcài
*** Wade–Giles: fa$^3$-tsʻai$^4$
*** Yale: fǎ-tsài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faatsay
*** Palladius: фацай (facaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faat$^3$ coi$^3$
*** Yale: faat choi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faat$^8$ tsoi$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fad$^3$ coi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːt̚³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fat$^1$ toi$^{1*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /fat̚³³ tʰᵘɔi³³⁻³³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fad$^5$ coi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fat̚¹ t͡sʰoɪ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-chhài
*** Tâi-lô: huat-tshài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoatzhaix
*** IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰai²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: huêg$^4$ cai$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huek tshài
*** Sinological IPA : /huek̚²⁻⁴ t͡sʰai²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$faq-tshe
*** MiniDict: fah$^入$ tshe
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$faq-tshe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /faʔ³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: fa$^6$ cai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɸa̠²⁴ t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵/

### Noun

髮菜
* fat choy (the terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc flagelliforme, which is eaten as a vegetable in Chinese cuisine)

#### Usage notes

* This is often considered an auspicious vegetable because it is near-homophonous to 發財／发财 (fācái, “to make a fortune”).

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 髮菜, 頭髮菜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 髮菜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 髮菜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 髮菜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 頭髮菜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 髮菜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 髮菜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 髮菜 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 髮菜 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 髮菜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 髮菜 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 髮菜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 髮菜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 頭毛菜 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 頭那毛菜 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 頭毛菜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 頭毛菜 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 頭毛菜 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 頭毛菜 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 頭毛菜 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 頭毛菜 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 頭毛菜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 髮菜, 頭毛菜 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 髮菜, 頭毛菜 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 髮菜, 頭毛菜 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 髮菜, 毛菜 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 髮菜 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 頭髮菜 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 髮菜, 頭髮菜 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 髮菜 |

#### Descendants

* → English: fat choy