空心菜

Chinese

		to become hollow; to have nothing in mind	dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (空心菜)		空心	菜
simp. #(空心菜)		空心	菜

炒空心菜。

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): kōngxīncài

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄘㄞˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): kong¹ xin¹ cai⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ sam¹ coi³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): kung¹ xim¹ coi⁴
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): kong¹ sin¹ cai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngxīncài
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongsincài
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-hsin¹-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: kūng-syīn-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongshintsay
    • Palladius: кунсиньцай (kunsinʹcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngxīnrcài
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣㄦ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongsinrcài
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-hsin¹-ʼrh-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: kūng-syīnr-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongshieltsay
    • Palladius: кунсиньрцай (kunsinʹrcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕinə̯ɻ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: kong¹ xin¹ cai⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kungxincai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡sʰai²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ sam¹ coi³
    • Yale: hūng sām choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ sam¹ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ sem¹ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kung¹ xim¹ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰʊŋ⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰoɪ⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: kong¹ sin¹ cai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /kʰʊŋ³³ sin³³ t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /kʰən³³ ɕin³³ t͡sʰai̯⁴⁵/

Noun

空心菜

1. (colloquial) water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 空心菜 (“water spinach”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蕹菜
Taxonomic name		蕹菜
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	空心菜
	Taiwan	空心菜
	Harbin	空心菜
	Singapore	空心菜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	空心菜
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	空心菜
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	空心菜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Guiyang	藤藤菜, 空茼菜
	Liuzhou	蕹菜, 空心菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	空心菜, 蕹菜, 藤藤菜 dated
	Yangzhou	空心菜
	Nantong	空心菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蕹菜, 通菜, 通心菜, 抽筋菜
	Hong Kong	蕹菜, 通菜, 抽筋菜
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	蕹菜
	Taishan	蕹菜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蕹菜
	Dongguan	蕹菜
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蕹菜
Gan	Nanchang	蕹菜
	Lichuan	蕹菜
	Pingxiang	蕹菜
Hakka	Meixian	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Xingning	蕹菜
	Huidong (Daling)	蕹菜
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蕹菜
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	蕹菜
	Changting	蕹菜
	Wuping	蕹菜
	Wuping (Pingyu)	蕹菜
	Liancheng	蕹菜
	Ninghua	蕹菜
	Yudu	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Ruijin	蕹菜
	Shicheng	蕹菜
	Shangyou (Shexi)	蕹菜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蕹菜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蕹菜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蕹菜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蕹菜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蕹菜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蕹菜
	Hong Kong	蕹菜
	Sabah (Longchuan)	蕹菜
	Senai (Huiyang)	蕹菜
Huizhou	Jixi	空心菜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蕹菜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蕹菜
	Fuqing	蕹菜
	Matsu	蕹菜
Southern Min	Xiamen	蕹菜
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	蕹菜
	Quanzhou	蕹菜
	Hui'an	竹菜
	Zhangzhou	蕹菜
	Taipei	蕹菜
	Kaohsiung	蕹菜
	Yilan	蕹菜
	Changhua (Lukang)	蕹菜
	Taichung	蕹菜
	Taichung (Wuqi)	蕹菜
	Tainan	蕹菜
	Taitung	蕹菜
	Hsinchu	蕹菜
	Penghu (Magong)	蕹菜
	Penang (Hokkien)	蕹菜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蕹菜, kangkung
	Manila (Hokkien)	蕹菜
	Chaozhou	蕹菜
	Shantou	蕹菜
	Haifeng	蕹菜
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蕹菜
	Leizhou	蕹菜
	Haikou	蕹菜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蕹菜, 空心菜
Wu	Shanghai	蕹菜
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蕹菜
	Suzhou	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Danyang	空心菜, 藤菜
	Hangzhou	空心菜
	Ningbo	蕹菜
	Wenzhou	空心菜
	Jinhua	藤菜, 空心菜
Xiang	Changsha	蕹菜, 空心菜
	Loudi	蕹菜, 藤菜, 空心菜

Korean

Hanja in this term
空	心	菜

Noun

空心菜 • (gongsimchae) (hangeul 공심채)

1. Hanja form^? of 공심채. [water spinach]