Chinese cabbage

English

Chinese cabbage (bok choy)

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Noun

Chinese cabbage (usually uncountable, plural Chinese cabbages)

1. Any East Asian leafy vegetable related to the Western cabbage, especially subspecies or varieties of Brassica rapa.
   1. Bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis).
   2. Napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis).

Synonyms

• (bok choy): Chinese chard, Chinese mustard, celery mustard, spoon cabbage
• (napa cabbage): nappa cabbage, Korean cabbage, celery cabbage, wombok (Australia)

Translations

any East Asian leafy vegetable

• Burmese: မုန်ညှင်းဖြူ (munhnyang:hpru)
• Czech: čínské zelí n
• Irish: cabáiste Síneach m
• Italian: cavolo di Pechino m, cavolo cinese m
• Romanian: varză chinezească f

bok choy — see bok choy

napa cabbage — see napa cabbage