紫色 zǐ sè purple / violet (color) syn 泡菜 pào cài pickled cabbage 甘蓝 甘藍 gān lán cabbage / Chinese broccoli / gai larn syn 紫红色 紫紅色 zǐ hóng sè red-purple / mauve / prune (color) / claret 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 帮子 幫子 bāng zi outer (of cabbage etc) / upper (of a shoe) / (coll.) group / gang syn 青菜 qīng cài green vegetables / Chinese cabbage syn 酸菜 suān cài pickled vegetables, especially Chinese cabbage 紫晶 zǐ jīng amethyst (purple crystalline silicon dioxide) 酱紫 醬紫 jiàng zǐ dark reddish purple / Internet slang abbr. for 這樣子|这样子[zhe4 yang4 zi5] 紫金山 zǐ jīn shān Purple Mountain in suburbs of Nanjing, with Ming tombs and Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum 大白菜 dà bái cài Chinese cabbage / napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) / CL:棵[ke1] syn 青紫 qīng zǐ purple 菜心 cài xīn choy sum / Chinese flowering cabbage / stem of any Chinese cabbage 紫袍 zǐ páo purple qipao gown, the sign of an official position 高丽菜 高麗菜 gāo lí cài cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) (CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]) / Taiwan pr. [gao1li4cai4] 紫草 zǐ cǎo red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae) 包菜 bāo cài cabbage 椰菜 yē cài cabbage / broccoli / cauliflower 紫 zǐ purple / violet syn 檀 tán sandalwood / hardwood / purple-red syn 绀 紺 gàn violet or purple 圆白菜 圓白菜 yuán bái cài round white cabbage (i.e. Western cabbage) syn 绛 絳 jiàng purple-red syn 包心菜 bāo xīn cài cabbage syn 洋白菜 yáng bái cài cabbage (round cabbage most commonly found in Western countries) syn 绯 緋 fēi dark red / purple silk syn 冬菜 dōng cài preserved dried cabbage or mustard greens 菘 sōng (cabbage) / Brassica chinensis syn 緅 zōu purple silk 腰金衣紫 yāo jīn yī zǐ golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom) / in official position 紫金山天文台 zǐ jīn shān tiān wén tái Purple Mountain Observatory 参薯 參薯 shēn shǔ Dioscorea alata (Kinampay or aromatic purple yam, a sweet root crop) 心里美萝卜 心裡美蘿蔔 xīn li měi luó bo Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable 暗紫色 àn zǐ sè dark purple 白苋紫茄 白莧紫茄 bái xiàn zǐ qié white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom) / common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle 紫气 紫氣 zǐ qì purple cloud (auspicious portent in astrology) 葡萄紫 pú tao zǐ grayish purple color 草鹭 草鷺 cǎo lù (bird species of China) purple heron (Ardea purpurea) 千屈菜 qiān qū cài purple loosestrife 绛紫 絳紫 jiàng zǐ dark reddish purple 北椋鸟 北椋鳥 běi liáng niǎo (bird species of China) Daurian starling / purple-backed starling (Agropsar sturninus) 紫宽嘴鸫 紫寬嘴鶇 zǐ kuān zuǐ dōng (bird species of China) purple cochoa (Cochoa purpurea) 紫色花蜜鸟 紫色花蜜鳥 zǐ sè huā mì niǎo (bird species of China) purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) 蓝枕花蜜鸟 藍枕花蜜鳥 lán zhěn huā mì niǎo (bird species of China) purple-naped spiderhunter (Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum) 紫砂 zǐ shā a type of clay found in the region of Yixing 宜興|宜兴[Yi2 xing1], used to make Yixing stoneware, with its distinctive russet or dark purple coloring 紫米 zǐ mǐ black rice / purple rice 甘蓝菜 甘藍菜 gān lán cài cabbage 塌棵菜 tā kē cài Brassica narinosa (broadbeaked mustard) / Chinese flat 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 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) 芸苔 蕓薹 yún tái Brassica (cabbage family) 蕹菜 wèng cài water spinach / ong choy / swamp cabbage / water convolvulus / water morning-glory / Ipomoea aquatica (botany) 野甘蓝 野甘藍 yě gān lán European wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea) 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) 