塌菜

Chinese

collapse dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (塌菜)
simp. #(塌菜)

Pronunciation


Noun

塌菜

  1. Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa (syns. Brassica narinosa, Brasica rapa var. narinosa, Brassica rapa var. rosularis), an edible green vegetable known variously in English as tatsoi, spinach mustard, spoon mustard, or rosette bok choy.

Further reading

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
Hyōgaiji Grade: 4
irregular

From Mandarin 塌菜 (tācài).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーツァイ [táꜜàtsàì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠ːt͡sa̠i]

Noun

塌菜(ターツァイ) • (tātsai) 

  1. Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa (syns. Brassica narinosa, Brasica rapa var. narinosa, Brassica rapa var. rosularis), an edible green vegetable known variously in English as tatsoi, spinach mustard, spoon mustard, or rosette bok choy

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
Hyōgaiji Grade: 4
irregular

Shift in pronunciation from tātsai above,[2] changing the tsa sound to sa in conformance with native Japanese phonetics.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーサイ [táꜜàsàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ta̠ːsa̠i]

Noun

塌菜(ターサイ) or 塌菜(タアサイ) • (tāsai) 

  1. Brassica narinosa or Brassica rapa var. rosularis, an edible green vegetable known variously in English as tatsoi, spinach mustard, spoon mustard, or rosette bok choy
Usage notes

The tāsai reading fits into native Japanese phonetics, and may be more common among some speakers. Some sources [1][2] suggest that the tātsai reading might be considered more correct.

Further reading

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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