快菜

Chinese
fast; quick; swift dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (快菜) 快 菜
simp. #(快菜) 快 菜
alternative forms 筷菜

Etymology

Sailors' euphemism for 韭菜. Due to homophony of 韭 and 久 (“long (time)”), 韭 is replaced with 快 (“fast; quick”). Compare 筷子 (kuàizi, “chopsticks”).

Pronunciation

Noun

快菜

  1. (dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, dated in Gan, euphemistic) Chinese leek; Chinese chives (Allium tuberosum)

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 韭菜 (“garlic chives”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 韭
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 韭菜
Mandarin Beijing 韭菜
Taiwan 韭菜
Tianjin 韭菜
Chengde 韭菜
Tangshan 韭菜
Cangzhou 韭菜
Baoding 韭菜
Shijiazhuang 韭菜
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 韭菜
Heihe 韭菜
Qiqihar 韭菜
Harbin 韭菜
Jiamusi 韭菜
Baicheng 韭菜
Changchun 韭菜
Tonghua 韭菜
Shenyang 韭菜
Dandong 韭菜
Jinzhou 韭菜
Dalian 韭菜
Yantai 韭菜
Yantai (Muping) 韭菜
Qingdao 韭菜
Lijin 韭菜
Zhucheng 韭菜
Jinan 韭菜
Jining 韭菜
Luoyang 韭菜
Wanrong 韭菜
Shangqiu 韭菜
Yuanyang 韭菜
Zhengzhou 韭菜
Lingbao 韭菜
Xinyang 韭菜
Baihe 韭菜
Hanzhong 韭菜
Xi'an 韭菜
Baoji 韭菜
Yinchuan 韭菜
Tianshui 韭菜
Lanzhou 韭菜
Dunhuang 韭菜
Xining 韭菜
Hami 韭菜
Ürümqi 韭菜
Wuhan 韭菜
Huanggang 韭菜
Yichang 韭菜
Xiangyang 韭菜
Tianmen 韭菜
Hong'an 韭菜
Chengdu 韭菜
Nanchong 韭菜
Dazhou 韭菜
Hanyuan 韭菜
Xichang 韭菜
Zigong 韭菜
Chongqing 韭菜
Guiyang 韭菜
Zunyi 韭菜
Bijie 韭菜
Liping 韭菜
Zhaotong 韭菜
Dali 韭菜
Kunming 韭菜
Mengzi 韭菜
Guilin 韭菜
Liuzhou 韭菜, 扁菜
Jishou 韭菜
Changde 韭菜
Anqing 韭菜
Xuzhou 韭菜
Fuyang 韭菜
Wuhu 韭菜
Yangzhou 韭菜
Lianyungang 韭菜
Lianshui 韭菜
Nanjing 韭菜
Hefei 韭菜
Nantong 韭菜
Malaysia 韭菜
Singapore 韭菜
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 韭菜
Dagudi (Maliba) 韭菜
Reshuitang (Longling) 韭菜
Mae Salong (Lancang) 韭菜
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 韭菜
Cantonese Guangzhou 韭菜
Hong Kong 韭菜
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 韭菜
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 韭菜
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 韭菜
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 韭菜
Taishan 韭菜
Dongguan 韭菜
Yangjiang 韭菜
Nanning 扁菜
Wuzhou 快菜
Yulin 韭菜
Hepu (Lianzhou) 韭菜
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 韭菜
Singapore (Guangfu) 韭菜
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 韭菜
Gan Nanchang 韭菜, 快菜 dated
Pengze 韭菜
Lichuan 韭菜
Pingxiang 韭菜
Hakka Meixian 韭菜, 快菜
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 韭菜
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 韭菜
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 韭菜, 快菜
Wuhua (Huacheng) 快菜
Wuhua (Changbu) 韭菜
Wuhua (Mianyang) 韭菜
Yudu 韭菜, 快菜 sailors
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 快菜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 快菜
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 韭菜
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 韭菜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 韭菜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 韭菜
Hong Kong 韭菜
Luchuan (Daqiao) 韭菜
Sabah (Longchuan) 韭菜
Senai (Huiyang) 韭菜
Singkawang 快菜
Huizhou Jixi 韭菜
Shexian 韭菜
Jin Taiyuan 韭菜
Yangyuan 韭菜
Datong 韭菜
Xinzhou 韭菜
Lishi 韭菜
Linfen 韭菜
Changzhi 韭菜
Linhe 韭菜
Jining 韭菜
Hohhot 韭菜
Erenhot 韭菜
Pingshan 韭菜
Zhangjiakou 韭菜
Handan 韭菜
Linzhou 韭菜
Suide 韭菜
Northern Min Jian'ou 韭仔
Wuyishan 韭仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 韭菜
Fuqing 韭菜
Matsu 韭菜
Southern Min Xiamen 韭菜
Quanzhou 韭菜
Zhangzhou 韭菜
Taipei 韭菜
New Taipei (Sanxia) 韭菜
Kaohsiung 韭菜
Yilan 韭菜
Kinmen 韭菜
Penghu (Magong) 韭菜
Penang (Hokkien) 韭菜
Singapore (Hokkien) 韭菜
Manila (Hokkien) 韭菜
Zhangping (Yongfu) 韭菜
Datian 韭菜仔
Pingnan (Shangdu) 韭菜
Chaozhou 韭菜
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 韭菜
Haikou 韭菜
Puxian Min Putian 韭菜
Central Min Yong'an 韭菜
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 扁菜, 韭菜
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 韭菜
Wu Shanghai 韭菜
Shanghai (Chongming) 韭菜
Suzhou 韭菜
Danyang 韭菜
Hangzhou 韭菜
Ningbo 韭菜
Wenzhou 韭菜
Jinhua 韭菜
Xiang Changsha 韭菜
Loudi 韭菜
Shuangfeng 韭菜
Quanzhou 韭菜
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