The Chinese word for cauliflower is
菜花

cài huā

Chinese Definition

cauliflower
1. 名词. 花椰菜
Components
菜
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
花
1. flower; blossom
花朵 - flower
2. florid; flowery
花花hua綠綠
3. pattern; design
花纹 - 花纹
4. blurred
眼花 - to have blurred vision
5. fireworks
煙花 - fireworks
6. essence; cream
7. wound
8. Short for 天花, gloss=smallpox
種zhòng花 - to vaccinate against smallpox
9. courtesan; prostitute
10. to spend (money, time, etc.); to cost
這件衣服花了不到一百塊 - This clothing cost less than 100 yuan.
11. profligate
12. (slang) randy; lecherous
13. (slang) to be horny; to womanize
儂又要去花儂個女朋友了是 ?？ - tr=3non&3hhieu+2iau+2qi+1ho+3non&5hheq+3nyy baan hhieu&0leq&3zr va, You're going to seduce your girlfriend again aren't you?, SH, ref=2007, 上海话大词典, page 52
14. false
15. (Cantonese) scratched
佢著着咗呢ni1 對鞋兩個月就已經花嗮喇。 - He's worn the shoes for only two months and they're already all scratched up.
16. (Cantonese, of images, drawings, patterns, etc.) over-colorful; chaotic; messy
17. (Cantonese, card games) flush
18. (Hong Kong) pip (insignia)
19. (Xiamen, &, Zhangzhou Hokkien) to extinguish; to put out (of fire)
20. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to disappear (of a scar)
21. (Shanghainese Wu) cotton
22. (Shanghainese Wu) to tease
儂覅來花我了，我根本覅儂搿本書。 - tr=3non&3viau&3le&1ho+3ngu&0leq&3ngu&1ken pen&3viau&3non&5geq pen&1sr, Stop teasing me, I didn't even want your book in the first place., SH, ref=2007, 上海话大词典, page
23. . Hua