Etymology

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Today it means: the Chinese cabbage (either napa cabbage or bok choy) Full definition →

Hokkien 白菜
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  1. Hokkien · borrowed from白菜“Chinese cabbage”
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From Hokkien 白菜 (pe̍h-chhài, “Chinese cabbage”, literally “white vegetable”). Doublet of bok choy.

Words from the same roots

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