白
菜

Chinese cabbage in Chinese: 白菜 (bái cài)

bái cài

Chinese cabbage

HSK 3.0 Level 31 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1Chinese cabbage
  2. 2pak choi

Stroke order

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白
菜

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄞˊ

bái

ㄅ/ bㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

ㄘㄞˋ

cài

ㄘ/ cㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

See 白菜 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 妈妈买了一些白菜做汤。

    mā ma mǎi le yì xiē bái cài zuò tāng。

    Mom bought some cabbage to make soup.

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Related words

菜

cài

dish (type of food)

白

bái

white

菜单

cài dān

menu

明白

míng bai

clear

蔬菜

shū cài

vegetables

白天

bái tiān

daytime

白色

bái sè

white

白酒

bái jiǔ

baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum

白领

bái lǐng

white-collar

白白

bái bái

in vain

表白

biǎo bái

to explain oneself

惨白

cǎn bái

deathly pale

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