Talk:fàn-cài

fàn-cài
The spelling "fàn-cài" (with hyphen) is used in Wenlin dictionary. Ddpy 01:30, 28 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Maybe that's just for educational purposes, to break the syllables. I don't think that term, with hyphen, is used regularly, either in print or on the Internet, in the same way one doesn't see "bai-cai" with a hyphen. It doesn't look right. 71.66.97.228 01:34, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * If you still want to verify it, use . Oddly enough I see more hits for fàn cài than for anything else. Mglovesfun (talk) 17:20, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * fàn-cài is a compound of "fàn + cài", see. The spelling "fàn-cài" (with hyphen) is used in Wenlin dictionary for illustrating the combination.  Ddpy 17:48, 28 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Probably that single appearance of the hyphenated form in a single dictionary is just for educational purposes, to break the syllables. I don't think that term, with hyphen, is used regularly, either in print or on the Internet, in the same way one doesn't see "bai-cai" with a hyphen. It doesn't look right. 71.66.97.228 18:45, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * fàn-cài means "fàn and cài" as well as "shēng and jiàng" of shēng-jiàng, but báicài doesn't means "bái and cài". Even so, people don't like to use hyphened spelling, because it is not convenient for use.  Ddpy 19:55, 28 December 2010 (UTC)