香菜

Chinese

 
fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury
fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (香菜)
simp. #(香菜)
Literally: “fragrant vegetable”.

Pronunciation


Noun

香菜

  1. coriander
  2. (literary) leaves of beans
  3. (literary) herb in general

Synonyms

  • (coriander):

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Japanese: シャンツァイ (shantsai)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
しゃん
Grade: 4
つぁい
Grade: 4
irregular

Borrowed from Mandarin 香菜 (xiāngcài).

Pronunciation

Noun

香菜(シャンツァイ) • (shantsai) 

  1. (Chinese cuisine) coriander
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 4
さい
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 香菜 (xiāngcài)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーさい [kòósáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːsa̠i]

Noun

(こう)(さい) • (kōsai) 

  1. (Chinese cuisine) coriander

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Proper noun

()() • (Kana) 

  1. a female given name

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

香菜 • (hyangchae) (hangeul 향채)

  1. Hanja form? of 향채.
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