napa cabbage

noun

A species of Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, commonly used as an ingredient in East-Asian cuisines.

Similar
celery cabbagewombokwong bok
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Meanings

nounnapa cabbage (plural napa cabbages)

plural napa cabbages · alternative nappa cabbage

  1. A species of Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, commonly used as an ingredient in East-Asian cuisines.

    Synonyms: celery cabbage, wombok, wong bok

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA species of Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, commonly used as an ingredient in East-Asian cuisines.

Similar
celery cabbagewombokwong bok
Also see
napa

Origin

See napa.

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Translations

Catalan col xinesa
  • col xinesatype of Chinese cabbage
Chinese Cantonese 黃芽白 /黄芽白, 紹菜 /绍菜
  • 黃芽白 /黄芽白 (wong⁴ ngaa⁴ baak⁶)type of Chinese cabbage
  • 紹菜 /绍菜 (siu⁶ coi³)type of Chinese cabbage
Chinese Mandarin 白菜
  • 白菜 (báicài)type of Chinese cabbage
Czech čínské zelí
  • čínské zelítype of Chinese cabbage
Danish kinakål
  • kinakåltype of Chinese cabbage
Esperanto pekina brasiko
  • pekina brasikotype of Chinese cabbage
Finnish kiinankaali
  • kiinankaalitype of Chinese cabbage
French chou chinois
  • chou chinoistype of Chinese cabbage
German Chinakohl
  • Chinakohltype of Chinese cabbage
Greek κινέζικο λάχανο
  • κινέζικο λάχανο (kinéziko láchano)type of Chinese cabbage
Hungarian kínai kel
  • kínai keltype of Chinese cabbage
Indonesian sawi putih
  • sawi putihtype of Chinese cabbage
Japanese 白菜
  • 白菜 (hakusai)type of Chinese cabbage
Korean 배추
  • 배추 (baechu)type of Chinese cabbage
Norwegian kinakål
  • kinakåltype of Chinese cabbage
Polish kapusta pekińska
  • kapusta pekińskatype of Chinese cabbage
Portuguese couve-chinesa
  • couve-chinesatype of Chinese cabbage
Russian пекинская капуста
  • пекинская капуста (pekinskaja kapusta)type of Chinese cabbage
Spanish col china, repollo chino
  • col chinatype of Chinese cabbage
  • repollo chinotype of Chinese cabbage
Swedish kinakål, salladskål
  • kinakåltype of Chinese cabbage
  • salladskåltype of Chinese cabbage
Thai ผักกาดขาว
  • ผักกาดขาว (pàk-gàat-kăao)type of Chinese cabbage
Turkish Çin lahanası
  • Çin lahanasıtype of Chinese cabbage
Vietnamese cải thảo
  • cải thảotype of Chinese cabbage
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napa cabbage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/napa%20cabbage

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Chicago

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