Chinese celery

noun

Apium graveolens var. secalinum, a variety of celery with smaller stalks and flavorful leaves, grown in East Asian countries for use in cooking.

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Chinese cabbagecelery cabbage
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Meanings

nounChinese celery (usually uncountable, plural Chinese celeries)

plural Chinese celeries

  1. uncountableusuallyApium graveolens var. secalinum, a variety of celery with smaller stalks and flavorful leaves, grown in East Asian countries for use in cooking.
  2. uncountableusuallyOenanthe javanica

Synonyms & antonyms

nounelongated head of crisp celery-like stalks and light green leaves

Similar
Chinese cabbagecelery cabbage
Broader
cabbagechou
Also see
celery cabbagechinese cabbageleaf celery

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 芹菜
  • 芹菜 (kan⁴ coi³)East Asian variety of celery
Chinese Mandarin 芹菜
  • 芹菜 (qíncài)East Asian variety of celery
Finnish yrttiselleri
  • yrttiselleriEast Asian variety of celery
Malay daun sup
  • daun supEast Asian variety of celery
Tagalog kintsay
  • kintsayEast Asian variety of celery
Thai ขึ้นฉ่าย
  • ขึ้นฉ่าย (kʉ̂n-chàai)East Asian variety of celery
Vietnamese rau cần tay
  • rau cần tayEast Asian variety of celery
Cite this entry
APA

Chinese celery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chinese%20celery

MLA

“Chinese celery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chinese%20celery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chinese celery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chinese%20celery.

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