白菜 bái cài Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) / sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) / CL:棵[ke1],個|个[ge4] syn 大白菜 dà bái cài Chinese cabbage / napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) / CL:棵[ke1] syn 油菜 yóu cài oilseed rape (Brassica napus) / rape greens / leafy greens of certain Brassica species / (dialect) bok choy syn 高丽菜 高麗菜 gāo lí cài cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) (CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]) / Taiwan pr. [gao1li4cai4] 菘 sōng (cabbage) / Brassica chinensis syn 塌棵菜 tā kē cài Brassica narinosa (broadbeaked mustard) / Chinese flat cabbage 紫菜苔 zǐ cài tái purple cabbage / Brassica campestris var. purpurea 芥蓝 芥藍 gài lán Chinese broccoli / Chinese kale / cabbage mustard / Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra / also pr. [jie4 lan2] 芸苔属 芸苔屬 yún tái shǔ genus Brassica (cabbage, rape etc) 芸薹属 蕓薹屬 yún tái shǔ Brassica (cabbage genus) 野甘蓝 野甘藍 yě gān lán European wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea) 菜心 cài xīn choy sum / Chinese flowering cabbage / stem of any Chinese cabbage 圆白菜 圓白菜 yuán bái cài round white cabbage (i.e. Western cabbage) syn 洋白菜 yáng bái cài cabbage (round cabbage most commonly found in Western countries) syn 紫甘蓝 紫甘藍 zǐ gān lán red cabbage / purple cabbage 一家 yī jiā the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group 十字花科 shí zì huā kē Cruciferae or Brassicaceae (taxonomic family including Brassica etc whose flowers have a cross of 4 petals) 筷子芥 kuài zi jiè Arabis, a genus of Brassica family including cress 携家带口 攜家帶口 xié jiā dài kǒu (idiom) to take all one's family along / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations syn 携家带眷 攜家帶眷 xié jiā dài juàn to take all one's family along (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations 芸香科 yún xiāng kē (botany) family Rutaceae (rue family, aka citrus family) 扩大家庭 擴大家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family 复合家庭 複合家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family 组合家庭 組合家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family 一家人不说两家话 一家人不說兩家話 yī jiā rén bù shuō liǎng jiā huà lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise) 小白菜 xiǎo bái cài bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) / CL:棵[ke1] syn 油菜籽 yóu cài zǐ oilseed rape (Brassica campestris) / rapeseed / coleseed 芥菜 jiè cài leaf mustard (Brassica juncea) / also pr. [gai4cai4] syn 雪里蕻 雪裡蕻 xuě lǐ hóng potherb mustard (Brassica juncea var. crispifolia) 椰菜花 yē cài huā cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) 乌塌菜 烏塌菜 wū tā cài rosette bok choy (Brassica rapa var. rosularis) 芸苔子 yún tái zǐ rape (Brassica campestris L.) / rapeseed plant / canola plant / a common vegetable with a dark green leaf / also called 油菜 苤蓝 苤藍 piě lan kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea) syn 菘蓝 菘藍 sōng lán Isatis tinctoria (woad, a brassica producing blue dye) 青江菜 qīng jiāng cài bok choy / Shanghai pak choy / Chinese mustard (Brassica rapa Chinensis) 球芽甘蓝 球芽甘藍 qiú yá gān lán Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera) 芸薹 蕓薹 yún tái (botany) rape (Brassica rapa) 大油菜 dà yóu cài oilseed rape (Brassica napus) 小松菜 xiǎo sōng cài komatsuna, aka Japanese mustard spinach, a variety of Brassica rapa 小油菜 xiǎo yóu cài a type of rapeseed plant (Brassica rapa) that yields a leafy green vegetable similar to baby bok choy 甘蓝型油菜 甘藍型油菜 gān lán xíng yóu cài oilseed rape (Brassica napus) 白菜型油菜 bái cài xíng yóu cài a type of rapeseed (Brassica rapa) cultivated for its edible leaves (including varieties like bok choy and choy sum), as well as for oil production and green manure 青菜 qīng cài green vegetables / Chinese cabbage syn 泡菜 pào cài pickled cabbage 酸菜 suān cài pickled vegetables, especially Chinese cabbage 甘蓝 甘藍 gān lán cabbage / Chinese broccoli / gai larn syn 帮子 幫子 bāng zi outer (of cabbage etc) / upper (of a shoe) / (coll.) group / gang syn 包菜 bāo cài cabbage 椰菜 yē cài cabbage / broccoli / cauliflower 包心菜 bāo xīn cài cabbage syn 冬菜 dōng cài preserved dried cabbage or mustard greens 甘蓝菜 甘藍菜 gān lán cài cabbage 正当时 正當時 zhèng dāng shí the right time for sth / the right season (for planting cabbage) 结球甘蓝 結球甘藍 jiē qiú gān lán cabbage syn 蕹菜 wèng cài water spinach / ong choy / swamp cabbage / water convolvulus / water morning-glory / Ipomoea aquatica (botany) 娃娃菜 wá wa cài baby Chinese cabbage (mini-sized variety) 莲花白 蓮花白 lián huā bái (dialect) cabbage 结球甘蓝 結球甘藍 jié qiú gān lán cabbage syn 珍珠翡翠白玉汤 珍珠翡翠白玉湯 zhēn zhū fěi cuì bái yù tāng cabbage, rice and tofu soup 奶白菜 nǎi bái cài milk cabbage (aka "white bok choy" and various other names), a variety of bok choy 梅干菜 梅乾菜 méi gān cài salt-pickled sun-dried cabbage (or potherb mustard etc) 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 门户 門戶 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel syn 家属 家屬 jiā shǔ family member / (family) dependent syn 世家 shì jiā family influential for generations / aristocratic family syn 大户 大戶 dà hù great family / rich family / large landlord / conspicuous spender or consumer syn 家境 jiā jìng family financial situation / family circumstances syn 皇室 huáng shì royal family / imperial household / member of the royal family syn 家私 jiā sī family property / family wealth syn 养家 養家 yǎng jiā to support a family / to raise a family 家传 家傳 jiā chuán handed down in a family / family traditions syn 良家 liáng jiā respectable family / decent family 天伦 天倫 tiān lún family bonds / ethical family relations syn 辈分 輩分 bèi fèn seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy syn 寒门 寒門 hán mén poor and humble family / my family (humble) syn 送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member 大义灭亲 大義滅親 dà yì miè qīn to place righteousness before family (idiom) / ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it syn 柴门 柴門 chái mén lit. woodcutter's family / humble background / poor family background syn 入赘 入贅 rù zhuì to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 门风 門風 mén fēng family tradition / family principles syn 房 fáng house / room / CL:間|间[jian1] / branch of an extended family / classifier for family members (or concubines) syn 包袱底儿 包袱底兒 bāo fu dǐ r family heirloom / most precious family possession / person's secrets / one's best performance 拉家带口 拉家帶口 lā jiā dài kǒu to bear the burden of a household (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations syn 书香门第 書香門第 shū xiāng mén dì family with a literary reputation (idiom) / literary family syn 养家糊口 養家糊口 yǎng jiā hú kǒu to support one's family (idiom) / to have difficulty feeding a family 一家人 yī jiā rén the whole family / members of the same family (lit. or fig.) 光耀门楣 光耀門楣 guāng yào mén méi splendor shines on the family's door (idiom) / fig. to bring honor to one's family 团年 團年 tuán nián (of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's 宦门 宦門 huàn mén family of officials / family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China) 家计 家計 jiā jì family livelihood / a household's economic situation / family property 故家 gù jiā old and respected family / family whose members have been officials from generation to generation 聘娶婚 pìn qǔ hūn formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family) 飞鱼族 飛魚族 fēi yú zú "flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study 鮨科 qí kē the grouper family / Serranidae (fish family including Epinephelinae or grouper 石斑魚|石斑鱼) 重组家庭 reorganized family / recomposed family 大家庭 dà jiā tíng extended family / big family / harmonious group 身家 shēn jiā oneself and one's family / family background / pedigree / one's property / one's total assets syn 家规 家規 jiā guī family rules / family code of conduct 辈分 輩分 bèi fen seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy / Taiwan pr. [bei4fen4] syn 