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 芸苔属 芸苔屬 yún tái shǔ genus Brassica (cabbage, rape etc) 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 蕓薹 yún tái Brassica (cabbage family) 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 筷子芥 kuài zi jiè Arabis, a genus of Brassica family including cress 紫菜 zǐ cài edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori 鳈 鰁 quán fish of genus Sarcocheilichthys (a genus of cyprinid fishes found in eastern Asia) 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) 十字花科 shí zì huā kē Cruciferae or Brassicaceae (taxonomic family including Brassica etc whose flowers have a cross of 4 petals) 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) 种类 種類 zhǒng lèi kind / genus / type / category / variety / species / sort / class syn 女贞 女貞 nǚ zhēn privet (genus Ligustrum) 朱雀 zhū què rosefinch (genus Carpodacus) 木瓜 mù guā papaya (Carica papaya) / genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae / Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa) syn 薰衣草 xūn yī cǎo lavender (genus Lavandula) 枸杞 gǒu qǐ wolfberry (Lycium chinense) / genus Lycium syn 杨树 楊樹 yáng shù poplar tree / various trees of genus Populus syn 衣原体 衣原體 yī yuán tǐ Chlamydia (genus of intracellular parasitic bacteria) 勿忘我 wù wàng wǒ forget-me-not, genus Myosotis (botany) 仙草 xiān cǎo medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly 链球菌 鏈球菌 liàn qiú jūn streptococcus (genus of bacteria) 猛犸 猛獁 měng mǎ mammoth (genus Mammuthus) syn 菱角 líng jiǎo water caltrop or water chestnut (genus Trapa) syn 鱼虫 魚蟲 yú chóng water flea (small crustacean of genus Daphnia) syn 麻黄 麻黃 má huáng ephedra (genus Ephedra) 扇贝 扇貝 shàn bèi scallop (genus Pecten) 黄精 黃精 huáng jīng King Solomon's seal (plant of genus Polygonatum) 苋菜 莧菜 xiàn cài amaranth greens (genus Amaranthus) / Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus) 美人蕉 měi rén jiāo canna or Indian shot (genus Canna) 火龙果 火龍果 huǒ lóng guǒ red pitaya / dragon fruit / dragon pearl fruit (genus Hylocereus) 艾草 ài cǎo Asian mugwort or wormwood (genus Artemesia) 紫草 zǐ cǎo red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae) 泡桐 pāo tóng Paulownia (genus) syn 淫羊藿 yín yáng huò Epimedium, genus of herbaceous flowering plant, cultivated in the Far East as aphrodisiac / also called barrenwort or horny goatweed (said to resemble crushed goat's testicles) 属 屬 shǔ category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute syn 猪笼草 豬籠草 zhū lóng cǎo tropical pitcher plant (i.e. genus Nepenthes) 楚 chǔ distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old) 枫 楓 fēng maple (genus Acer) syn 桢 楨 zhēn (old) privet (genus Ligustrum) / (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction / (fig.) mainstay / pillar / backbone 桦 樺 huà (botany) birch (genus Betula) syn 貂 diāo sable or marten (genus Martes) 苋 莧 xiàn amaranth (genus Amaranthus) / Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor) / Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus) 鹨 鷚 liù pipit (genus Anthus) 鸫 鶇 dōng thrush (bird of genus Turdus) 栲 kǎo chinquapin (Castanopsis fargesii and other spp.), genus of evergreen trees 鹀 鵐 wú (bound form) bunting (bird of genus Emberiza) / also pr. [wu1] 鵟 kuáng buzzard (genus Buteo) 䴓 鳾 shī nuthatch (bird of genus Sitta) 僧帽猴 sēng mào hóu capuchin monkey / genus Cebidae 赤杨 赤楊 chì yáng alder tree (genus Alnus) syn 食火鸡 食火雞 shí huǒ jī cassowary (genus Casuarius), large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia and New Guinea / CL:隻|只[zhi1] 苔草属 薹草屬 tái cǎo shǔ Carex genus 鼬属 鼬屬 yòu shǔ Mustela (genus of weasels etc) 伊科病毒 yī kē bìng dú echovirus (RNA virus in genus Enterovirus) 