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白菜

bái cài

2-character word Measure word 棵

What 白菜 means

1. Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis)
2. sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis)

The characters in 白菜

• 白báiwhite; snowy; pure
• 菜càivegetable; greens; dish (of food); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor

Example sentences

• 这么大的白菜煮熟了就变这么小了。
  The cabbage that was this big becomes this small after being cooked.
• 姐姐在市场买了一点茄子、土豆、丝瓜和大白菜。
  Jiějie zài shìchǎng mǎi le yīdiǎn qiézi, tǔdòu, sīguā hé dàbáicài.
  Our sister bought some eggplants, potatoes, zucchinis and Chinese cabbage at the market.
• 姐姐在市场买了一点茄子、土豆、西葫芦和大白菜。
  Jiějie zài shìchǎng mǎi le yīdiǎn qiézi, tǔdòu, xīhúlu hé dàbáicài.
  Our sister bought some eggplants, potatoes, zucchinis and Chinese cabbage at the market.
• 这次任务充满了里程碑：这将是韩国女性首次进入太空轨道，也是代表韩国的蒜味辣白菜——「泡菜」，第一次出现在零重力餐桌上。
  The mission is full of landmarks: it will be the first time a South Korean woman has headed into orbit, and it will also be the first time that "kimchi"—that spicy, garlicky cabbage dish that epitomizes South Korea—will be served at the zero-gravity dinner table.

Words starting with 白菜

• 白菜价bái cài jià(colloquial) very low price; dirt cheap price
• 白菜型油菜bái cài xíng yóu càia type of rapeseed (Brassica rapa) cultivated for its edible leaves…
• 白菜豆bái cài dòuwhite kidney beans

Words containing 白菜

• 大白菜dà bái càiChinese cabbage; napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis)
• 小白菜xiǎo bái càibok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis)
• 洋白菜yáng bái càicabbage (round cabbage most commonly found in Western countries)
• 上海白菜Shàng hǎi bái càibaby bok choy; Shanghai bok choy
• 奶白菜nǎi bái càimilk cabbage (aka "white bok choy" and various other names), a variety of bok choy
• 圆白菜yuán bái càiround white cabbage (i.e. Western cabbage)
• 辣白菜là bái càispicy pickled cabbage; kimchi
• 萝卜白菜，各有所爱luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài(saying) one man's meat is another man's poison; to each his own