cabbage
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
cabbage; headed cabbage
dialectA Chinese term for cabbage, literally 'wrapped heart vegetable' describing its compact leaf ball. This term is primarily used in certain southern Chinese dialects (e.g., Min, Wu). The standard term in Mandarin is 卷心菜 (juǎnxīncài).
Mā妈
ma妈
yòng用
bāo包
xīn心
cài菜
chǎo炒
le了
yī一
pán盘
cài菜
。
Mom stir-fried a dish using cabbage.
Zhè这
ge个
bāo包
xīn心
cài菜
hěn很
xīn新
xiān鲜
。
This cabbage is very fresh.
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Bāo包
xīn心
cài菜
kě可
yǐ以
yòng用
lái来
zuò做
shā沙
lā拉
。
Cabbage can be used to make salad.
Wǒ我
men们
fāng方
yán言
lǐ里
jiào叫
bāo包
xīn心
cài菜
。
We call it 'bāoxīncài' in our dialect.