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The Chinese word for cabbage is
卷心菜

juǎn xīn cài



cabbage

Chinese Definition


cabbage
     1. 名词. 洋白菜
Components
     1. Alternative form of 捲 (to roll up; to roll)
     2. Alternative form of 捲 (to sweep up; to carry along; to sweep away)
     3. Alternative form of 捲 (to embroil; to involve)
     4. Alternative form of 捲 (roll; cylinder; tube; scroll)
     5. (neologism, slang) Short for 內卷, intense competition among peers; to study harder or work longer as a result
     6. reel of books
     7. book; scroll
     8. volume; chapter; fascicle
     9. (computing) volume (attention, zh, is this definition under the right pronunciation?)
           新-加 卷juàn - new volume
     10. examination paper
     11. Alternative form of 婘 (fine; good)
     12. Variant of 券
     1. heart
     2. mind
     3. thought; idea
     4. intention
     5. center; core
     6. (Chinese astronomy) Heart mansion (one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions)
           Synonyms: 商, 辰
     1. vegetable; greens
           蔬菜 - vegetables -
           白菜 - Chinese cabbage -
           菠菜 - spinach -
     2.    (specifically, in compounds) rape; rapeseed (plant used for vegetable oil)
     3.    菜籽 - rapeseed -
     4.    菜油 - rapeseed oil -
     5. dish; course
           這 道 菜 很 對胃口。 - This dish is tasty.
           每 次 他 來 這兒r,他 都 點 同樣 的 菜。 - Whenever he comes to this place, he orders the same dish.
           我 在 考慮 我 晚飯 做 什麼 菜。 - I'm wondering what to cook for dinner.
     6. cuisine; (type of) food
           川菜 - Sichuan cuisine -
           ^日本 菜 - Japanese food -
     7. grocery
           買菜 - to buy groceries -
           菜市場 - farmers' market -
     8. (colloquial) (one's) type; cup of tea
           他 是 我 的 菜! - He is my type!
     9. (colloquial) bad; inferior; disappointing; below average
           菜鳥 - noob -
           我 好 菜 啊。 - I'm so inferior to others.
           菜 英文 - poor English (pun on the name of Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen)
     10. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) girlfriend
           Cai; Tsai



Translations for and their definitions

捲心菜
     1. n. cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata)


卷心菜
     1. Simplified form of 捲心菜


高麗菜
     1. n. (regional) cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata)


高丽菜
     1. Simplified form of 高麗菜


洋白菜
     1. n. cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata)


包心菜
     1. n. (regional) cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata)


結球甘藍
     1. n. cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata)


结球甘蓝
     1. Simplified form of 結球甘藍



包菜
     1. n. (regional) cabbage


圓白菜
     1. n. (Mainland China) cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata)


圆白菜
     1. Simplified form of 圓白菜


蓮花白
     1. n. (chiefly dialectal Mandarin) cabbage


莲花白
     1. Simplified form of 蓮花白


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