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卷心菜juǎn xīn cài
cabbage
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 卷心菜 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 捲心菜 | ||
| 捲心菜 | juǎnxīncài | |
| 1. n. cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| cabbage | ||
| 1. 名词. 洋白菜 | ||
| Components | ||
| 卷 | 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 | ||
| 6. reel of books | ||
| 7. book; scroll | ||
| 8. volume; chapter; fascicle | ||
| 9. (computing) volume (attention, zh, is this definition under the right pronunciation?) | ||
| 新-加 卷juàn - new volume | ||
| 10. examination paper | ||
| 11. Alternative form of 婘 (fine; good) | ||
| 12. Variant of 券 | ||
| 券 | 券 | |
| 1. (historical) title deed; deed of trust; bond; contract | ||
| 2. ticket; pass; coupon; voucher; certificate | ||
| 入場券 - admission ticket | ||
| 3. (architecture) arch (on bridges, doors, windows) | ||
| 心 | xīn | |
| 1. heart | ||
| 2. mind | ||
| 3. thought; idea | ||
| 4. intention | ||
| 5. center; core | ||
| 6. (Chinese astronomy) Heart mansion (one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions) | ||
| Synonyms: 商, 辰 | ||
| 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 | ||
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Pronunciation
juǎn xīn cài
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