Chinese spinach; a dialectal name for spinach
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
spinach
dialectA regional (dialectal) name for 菠菜, used in some areas of Southern China like Fujian and Taiwan. The standard Mandarin term is 菠菜 (bō cài).
Wǒ我
ā阿
mà嬷
xǐ喜
huān欢
yòng用
bō菠
léng薐
cài菜
zhǔ煮
tāng汤
。
My grandma likes to cook soup with spinach.
Zhè这
ge个
shì市
chǎng场
shang上
mài卖
de的
bō菠
léng薐
cài菜
hěn很
xīn新
xiān鲜
。
The spinach sold at this market is very fresh.
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Bō菠
léng薐
cài菜
chǎo炒
jī鸡
dàn蛋
shì是
yī一
dào道
jiā家
cháng常
cài菜
。
Stir-fried spinach with eggs is a common home-cooked dish.