Chinese edit

 
white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (白菜)
simp. #(白菜)
 
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白菜 (1.1)
 
白菜 (1.2)

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

白菜

  1. Various varieties of Brassica rapa, including:
    1. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis)
    2. bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis)

Usage notes edit

Regional usage differs on which variety 白菜 usually refers to.

Synonyms edit

  • (napa cabbage):
  • (bok choy):

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (白菜):
  • Japanese: 白菜(ハクサイ) (hakusai, napa cabbage)

Early Mandarin 白菜 (EM *pajᴸᴸtsʰaj):

Others:

See also edit

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

 
Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: 1
さい
Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Chinese 白菜 (báicài).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(はく)(さい) or 白菜(ハクサイ) (hakusai

  1. napa cabbage

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
ぱく
Grade: 1
ちょい
Grade: 4
irregular

Borrowed from Cantonese 白菜 (baak6 coi3).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

白菜(パクチョイ) (pakuchoi

  1. Synonym of 青梗菜 (bok choy)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

白菜 (baekchae) (hangeul 백채)

  1. Hanja form? of 백채 (napa cabbage).