萵苣

See also: 莴苣

Chinese

		(lettuce); Lactuca sativa	lettuce
trad. (萵苣)		萵	苣
simp. (莴苣)		莴	苣

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wōjù

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄛㄐㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wo¹ geoi⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): o-kū

(Teochew, Peng'im): o¹ ge⁶
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹u-ciu₅ / ¹u-jiu₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wōjù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄛㄐㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wojyù
  - Wade–Giles: wo¹-chü⁴
  - Yale: wō-jyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uojiuh
  - Palladius: воцзюй (voczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: wo¹ geoi⁶
  - Yale: wō geuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wo¹ goey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wo¹ gêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː⁵⁵ kɵy̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o-kū
  - Tâi-lô: o-kū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oi'ku
  - IPA (Xiamen): /o⁴⁴⁻²² ku²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: o¹ ge⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: o kṳ̆
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /o³³⁻²³ kɯ³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹u-ciu₅
  - MiniDict: u^平 ciu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹u-jy₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /u⁵⁵ t͡ɕy²¹/
- (Northern: Changzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹u-jiu₆
  - MiniDict: u^平 jiu^去
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /u⁵⁵ d͡ʑy/

Noun

萵苣

lettuce
celtuce
(Taiwan, phonetic) WG (World Gym, a popular gym chain)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 萵苣 (“lettuce”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		萵苣
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	萵苣
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	萵苣
	Pizhou	萵苣
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	萵薹子, 萵苣薹子
	Donghai	萵苣薹
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	萵筍
	Yangzhou	萵苣
	Baoying	萵苣
	Taizhou	萵筍
	Zhenjiang	萵苣
	Lianyungang	萵苣薹子
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	萵苣
	Xuyi	萵苣
	Nantong	萵筍
	Rugao	萵苣
	Yancheng	萵苣薹
	Funing	萵苣薹
	Sihong	萵苣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	生菜
	Hong Kong	生菜
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	生菜
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	蕒仔
	Taishan	生菜
Hakka	Ruijin	蕒子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	苦蕒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	苦蕒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	苦蕒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	苦蕒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	苦蕒
	Hong Kong	蕒菜
Huizhou	Jixi	萵筍, 萵筍菜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	萵菜
Southern Min	Jinjiang	萵菜
	Zhao'an	萵菜
	Taipei	萵仔菜
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	萵仔菜, 鵝仔菜
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	萵仔菜
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	萵仔菜
	Kaohsiung	萵仔菜
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鵝仔菜
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	萵仔菜
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	鵝仔菜
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	萵仔菜, 鵝仔菜
	Yilan	萵仔菜
	Yilan (Luodong)	萵仔菜, 鵝仔菜
	Yilan (Toucheng)	萵仔菜
	Changhua (Lukang)	萵仔菜
	Changhua (Yongjing)	萵仔菜
	Taichung	萵仔菜, 劍仔菜
	Tainan	鵝仔菜
	Tainan (Anping)	鵝仔菜
	Hsinchu	萵仔菜
	Kinmen	萵仔菜
	Penghu (Magong)	鵝仔菜
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鵝仔菜
	Penang (Hokkien)	萵仔菜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	芳菜
	Jieyang	芳菜
Wu	Shanghai	香萵筍, 萵苣筍, 萵筍
	Suzhou	萵苣筍
	Wuxi	萵苣
	Changshu	萵苣
	Nantong (Haimen)	生菜
	Changzhou	萵苣
	Danyang	香萵筍, 萵筍
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	萵苣
	Ningbo	香萵筍, 萵苣筍
Xiang	Hengyang	萵筍

Dialectal synonyms of 萵筍 (“celtuce; asparagus lettuce”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		萵筍
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	萵筍
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	萵苣
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	萵筍
	Xining	萵筍
	Xuzhou	萵苣
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	萵筍, 青筍
	Wuhan	萵苣
	Guiyang	萵筍
	Liuzhou	萵苣筍
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	萵筍
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	萵苣
Cantonese	Hong Kong	萵筍
Gan	Nanchang	萵筍
	Lichuan	萵筍
	Pingxiang	萵筍
Jin	Taiyuan	萵筍
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	萵筍
Southern Min	Xiamen	筍菜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	萵筍
Wu	Suzhou	萵苣筍
	Danyang	萵苣
	Hangzhou	萵苣筍
Xiang	Changsha	萵筍
Xiang	Loudi	萵筍

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萵	苣
ちさ
Hyōgai	Hyōgai
jukujikun

Kanji in this term
萵	苣
ちしゃ
Hyōgai	Hyōgai
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 萵苣 – see the following entries.

【ちしゃチシャ】

[noun] lettuce

Alternative spelling
苣

【ちさチサ】

[noun] alternative form of ちしゃ (chisha, “lettuce”)

Alternative spelling
苣

(This term, 萵苣, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)