The Chinese word for spinach is
菠菜
bō càiChinese Definition
Components | |
菠 | |
1. (zh-used2, c) | |
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 |
Translations for 菜 and their definitions
菠菜 | |
1. spinach |
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bō cài
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