Definition & Meaning

Chinese cabbage, in many varieties, herbaceous biennial, common vegetable with large leaves and pale yellow flowers

Word usage

bái cài

白 菜

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Vegetable NHSK 3 ZW6 NPCR5More

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n.Chinese cabbage, in many varieties, herbaceous biennial, common vegetable with large leaves and pale yellow flowers
- wǒ bù xǐ huan chī zhǔ bái cài
  我不喜欢吃煮白菜。
  I don't like eating boiled cabbage.
- bái cài kě yǐ shēng chī
  白菜可以生吃。
  Cabbage can be eaten raw.
- tā men zhòng duō zhǒng nóng zuò wù bāo kuò bái cài xiǎo mài hé dà mài
  他们种多种农作物，包括白菜、小麦和大麦。
  They grow a variety of crops, including cabbages, wheat and barley.
- yī kē bái cài
  一棵白菜
  one Chinese cabbage
- dà bái cài
  大白菜
  Chinese cabbage

Word usage

common measure word
"白菜" is often matched with measure word "棵".
- 一棵白菜
  one cabbage

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