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白baak6菜coi3

baak6 coi3bái cài

English

  1. Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis)
  2. pak choi; bok choy; Chinese cabbage (with deep green colour leaves)
  3. sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis)

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一種菜葉深綠色,菜梗白色嘅菜;青綠色葉嘅會因應品種同大細分別叫大白菜、黃芽白、娃娃菜等

Examples

  • 這麼大的白菜煮熟了就變這麼小了。

    The cabbage that was this big becomes this small after being cooked.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 姐姐在市场买了一点茄子、土豆、丝瓜和大白菜。

    Our sister bought some eggplants, potatoes, zucchinis and Chinese cabbage at the market.

    Tatoeba · U2FS CC BY

  • 姐姐在市场买了一点茄子、土豆、西葫芦和大白菜。

    Our sister bought some eggplants, potatoes, zucchinis and Chinese cabbage at the market.

    Tatoeba · U2FS CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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