maai5蕒荬

How it's used

This term is rarely used in everyday speech, as most people refer to this type of leafy green simply as 菜 or by specific regional names. It is primarily found in botanical contexts or traditional herbal medicine references rather than at a typical wet market stall. When encountered in conversation, it is almost always pronounced and written as 蕒菜 to clarify that it refers to the vegetable.