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Word and Radical Components of 卷心菜

The Chinese word 卷心菜 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
卷心菜 1. Simplified form of 捲心菜

卷心菜 ⇨ 卷 + 心 + 菜
Component Pinyin Meanings
juǎn 1. Alternative form of 捲 (to roll up; to roll)
2. Alternative form of 捲 (to sweep up; to carry along; to sweep away)
3. Alternative form of 捲 (to embroil; to involve)
4. Alternative form of 捲 (roll; cylinder; tube; scroll)
5. (neologism, slang) Short for 內卷 (intense competition among peers; to study harder or work longer as a result)
juàn 6. reel of books
7. book; scroll
8. volume; chapter; fascicle
9. (computing) volume (attention, zh, is this definition under the right pronunciation?)
     - juàn - new volume
10. examination paper
quán 11. Alternative form of 婘 (fine; good)
12. Variant of 券
xīn 1. heart
2. mind
3. thought; idea
4. intention
5. center; core
6. (zh-div, 宿) (Chinese astronomy) Heart (Chinese constellation) mansion (one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions)
     (syn, zh, , )
cài 1. vegetable; greens
     (zh-co, 蔬菜, vegetables)
     (zh-co, 白菜, Chinese cabbage)
     (zh-co, 菠菜, spinach)
2.    (specifically, in compounds) rape; rapeseed (plant used for vegetable oil)
3.    (zh-co, 菜籽, rapeseed)
4.    (zh-co, 菜油, rapeseed oil)
5. dish; course
      對胃口。 - This dish is tasty.
      這兒r, 同樣 。 - Whenever he comes to this place, he orders the same dish.
      考慮 晚飯 什麼 。 - I'm wondering what to cook for dinner.
6. cuisine; (type of) food
     (zh-co, 川菜, Sichuan cuisine)
     (zh-co, 日本 , Japanese food)
7. grocery
     (zh-co, 買菜, to buy groceries)
     (zh-co, 菜市場, farmers' market)
8. (colloquial) (one's) type; cup of tea
      ! - He is my type!
9. (colloquial) bad; inferior; disappointing; below average
     (zh-co, 菜鳥, noob)
      。 - I'm so inferior to others.
      英文 - poor English (pun on the name of Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen)
10. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) girlfriend
     Cai; Tsai

菜 ⇨ 艹 + 采
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. grass
2. Variant of 草
cài 1. Simplified form of 採
2. Variant of 彩

采 ⇨ 爫 + 木
Component Pinyin Meanings
zhuǎ, zhǎo 1. claw (of animal, bird); talon; paw; nail
2. (Hakka) to grab with claws
3. claw-like object; foot (of an item)
4. (derogatory or humorous) hand (of a person)
5. (Quanzhou, &, Xiamen Hokkien) nail (of a person)
6. =====Usage notes=====
7. (Min Nan) to claw; to scratch (with one's claw or nail)
8. (Quanzhou, &, Xiamen Hokkien)
1. tree; woody plant
     (syn, zh, )
     樹木 - tree
     灌木 - shrub
     木芍藥 - tree peony
2. wood; timber
     木頭tou - log
3. wooden
      桌子 。 - This table is made of wood
4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden
     木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate
     棺木 - coffin
     就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin)
5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒)
     有木有 - innit, damn right
6. numb
     麻木 - numb, insensitive
      手指 。 - Her fingers were numb with cold.