茭白

Chinese

		wild rice (Zizania aquatica; Oenanthe javanica	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
trad. (茭白)		茭	白
simp. #(茭白)		茭	白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāobái

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ baak⁶
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹kau-baq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāobái
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaobái
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹-pai²
    • Yale: jyāu-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaubair
    • Palladius: цзяобай (czjaobaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau¹ baak⁶
    • Yale: gāau baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵ paːk̚²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹kau-baq
    • MiniDict: kau^平 bah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kau-baq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ⁵⁵ baʔ²¹/

Noun

茭白

1. edible wild rice stem (galls formed on young stems of Zizania latifolia after parasitism by the fungus Ustilago esculenta as a kind of vegetable)