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The Chinese word for spinach is
菠菜

bō cài



spinach

Chinese Definition


Components
     1. (zh-used2, c)
     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

菠菜
     1. spinach


Dictionary entries from Wiktionary

Pronunciation


bō cài

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