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菜花cài huā
cauliflower
Definitions
| English > Chinese | ||
| cauliflower | ||
| 1. 名词. 花椰菜 | ||
| Components | ||
| 菜 | cài | |
| 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 | huā | |
| 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 | ||
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Pronunciation
cài huā
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