白菜

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Noun

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

Regional usage differs on which variety 白菜 usually refers to.

Synonyms

  • (napa cabbage):
  • (bok choy):

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Early Mandarin 白菜 (EM *pajᴸᴸtsʰaj):

Others:

See also

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: 1
さい
Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Chinese 白菜 (báicài).

Pronunciation

Noun

(はく)(さい) (hakusai) 

  1. napa cabbage

Etymology 2

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

Borrowed from Cantonese 白菜 (baak6 coi3).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) チョイ [pàkúchóí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [pa̠kɯ̟̊ᵝt͡ɕo̞i]

Noun

白菜(パクチョイ) (pakuchoi) 

  1. Synonym of 青梗菜 (bok choy)

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

白菜 (baekchae) (hangeul 백채)

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