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生菜

生菜

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	dish (type of food); vegetables
simp. and trad. (生菜)		生	菜

Noun

生菜

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shēngcài

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄘㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ coi³
Min Nan (POJ): chheⁿ-chhài / chhiⁿ-chhài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shēngcài
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄘㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengtsay
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang¹ coi³
  - Yale: sāang choi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ tsoi³
  - IPA ^(key): /sɑːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-chhài / chhiⁿ-chhài
  - Tâi-lô: tshenn-tshài / tshinn-tshài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhvezhaix, chvizhaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaɪ²¹/, /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰẽ³³ t͡sʰaɪ⁴¹/, /t͡ɕʰĩ³³ t͡sʰaɪ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaɪ²¹/, /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰaɪ¹¹/, /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰaɪ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰaɪ²¹/, /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰaɪ²¹/