| 菠菜 | bō cài | spinach (CL:棵[ke1]) / (slang) gambling / gambler (alternative term for 博彩[bo2cai3]) |  |
| 菠 |  bō | spinach | |
| 苋菜 | xiàn cài | amaranth greens (genus Amaranthus) / Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus) | |
| 苋 | xiàn | amaranth (genus Amaranthus) / Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor) / Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus) | |
| 蕹 | wèng | water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia / Taiwan pr. [yong1] | |
| 薐 | léng | old name for spinach | |
| 水蕹菜 | shuǐ wèng cài | water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia | |
| 炒菠菜 | chǎo bō cài | stir-fried spinach | |
| 白苋 | bái xiàn | white amaranth (Amaranthus albus) / sprouts and tender leaves of Chinese spinach (Amaranthus spp.) used as food | |
| 苋科 | xiàn kē | Amaranthaceae, family of herbaceous plants containing Chinese spinach (Amaranthus inamoenus) 莧菜|苋菜[xian4 cai4] | |
| 蕹菜 | wèng cài | water spinach / ong choy / swamp cabbage / water convolvulus / water morning-glory / Ipomoea aquatica (botany) | |
| 落葵 | | Malabar spinach | |
| 蚕菜 | cán cài | Malabar spinach (Basella alba) | |
| 小松菜 | xiǎo sōng cài | komatsuna, aka Japanese mustard spinach, a variety of Brassica rapa | |
