白菜
Chinese
white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous |
dish (type of food); vegetables | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (白菜) | 白 | 菜 | |
| simp. #(白菜) | 白 | 菜 | |

白菜 (1.1)
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白菜 (1.2)
Pronunciation
Noun
白菜
- Various varieties of Brassica rapa, including:
- napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis)
- 他說:「哪兒也比不了北京。北京的熬白菜也比別處好吃,——五味神在北京。」 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1993, 汪曾祺 (Wang Zengqi), 胡同文化
- Tā shuō: “Nǎr yě bǐ bùliǎo Běijīng. Běijīng de āo báicài yě bǐ biéchù hǎochī, — Wǔwèishén zài Běijīng.” [Pinyin]
- He said, “No place [else] can match Beijing. Even Beijing’s boiled napa cabbage tastes better than [it does] elsewhere – Wuweishen is at Beijing.”
他说:“哪儿也比不了北京。北京的熬白菜也比别处好吃,——五味神在北京。” [MSC, simp.]
- bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis)
- 有了你開心D,乜都稱心滿意,鹹魚白菜也好好味。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 1980, 林子祥 (George Lam), 分分鐘需要你
- jau5 liu5 nei5 hoi1 sam1 di1, mat1 dou1 cing3 sam1 mun5 ji3, haam4 jyu4 baak6 coi3 jaa5 hou2 hou2 mei6. [Jyutping]
- With you I'm happier, everything's going as I wish, even salted fish and bok choy make a delicious meal.
有了你开心D,乜都称心满意,咸鱼白菜也好好味。 [Cantonese, simp.]
- napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis)
Usage notes
Regional usage differs on which variety 白菜 usually refers to.
Synonyms
- (napa cabbage):
Dialectal synonyms of 大白菜 (“napa cabbage”) [map]
- (bok choy):
Dialectal synonyms of 小白菜 (“bok choy”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小白菜 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 小白菜兒 |
| Harbin | 小白菜兒 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 小白菜兒 | |
| Luoyang | 小白菜兒 | |
| Xi'an | 小白菜 | |
| Yinchuan | 小白菜 | |
| Xining | 小白菜 | |
| Ürümqi | 小白菜 | |
| Wuhan | 白菜 | |
| Chengdu | 白菜秧兒, 小白菜 | |
| Guilin | 小白菜 | |
| Liuzhou | 小白菜 | |
| Xuzhou | 小白菜, 青菜 | |
| Nanjing | 青菜 | |
| Singapore | 小白菜 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 白菜 |
| Hong Kong | 白菜 | |
| Taishan | 白菜 | |
| Dongguan | 白菜 | |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 白菜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 白菜 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 白菜 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 白菜 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 白菜 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 白菜 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 白菜 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 白菜 | |
| Luchuan (Daqiao) | 小白菜 | |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 小白菜 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 白菜仔 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 白菜囝 |
| Fuqing | 白菜囝 | |
| Min Nan | Haikou | 青菜 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 小白菜 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小青菜 |
| Danyang | 青菜 | |
Derived terms
Descendants
Early Mandarin 白菜 (EM *pajᴸᴸtsʰajᴰ):
- → Middle Korean: ᄇᆡ〯ᄎᆡ〮 (pǒychóy)
Others:
- → Cebuano: petsay, pechay, petsay
- → English: pechay
- → English: bok choy, pak choi, bokchoi, bok choi, baicai, petsai
- → Russian: бокчо́й (bokčój)
- → Italian: pe-tsai
- → Japanese: 白菜 (pakuchoi, “bok choy”)
- → Mongolian: байцаа (bajcaa, “cabbage”)
- → Russian: петса́й (petsáj)
- → Tagalog: petsay, pechay
- → English: pechay
- → Tibetan: པད་ཚལ (pad tshal)
- → Spanish: pac-choy
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