củ cải

Vietnamese

Etymology

củ (“root, tuber”) +‎ cải (“cruciferous vegetables: coles, mustards, cabbages”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ku˧˩ kaːj˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊw˧˨ kaːj˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʊw˨˩˦ kaːj˨˩˦]

Noun

(Vietnamese cuisine, botany) Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus), particularly the Vietnamese varieties of daikon, the East Asian long white radish.

Derived terms

củ cải trắng ("daikon")

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