蔔 (baak6 | bo5) : radish; turnip

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蔔

baak6

bo5

radish; turnip

(1) 蔔 is used only in compound form 蘿蔔.
(2) 卜 is also a traditional character with different meanings.

Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

蔔 / 卜

This word has been viewed 3627 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 30th May 2011 00:24

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蘿蔔糕 lo4 baak6 gou1 = turnip cake

蘿蔔 lo4 baak6 luo2 bo5 = radish; turnip

紅蘿蔔 hung4 lo4 baak6 hong2 luo2 bo = carrot

白蘿蔔 baak6 lo4 baak6 = daikon radish/turnip

煎蘿蔔糕 zin1 lo4 baak6 gou1 = fried Chinese radish cake

花心蘿蔔 faa1 sam1 lo4 baak6 = a playboy

蘿蔔仔 lo4 baak6 zai2 = French radish; [粵]: frostbite

青蘿蔔 ceng1 lo4 baak6 = green radish

蘿蔔頭 lo4 baak6 tau4 luo2 bo2 tou2 = a Japanese person (derogatory)

乜嘢新絲蘿蔔皮 mat1 je5 san1 si1 lo4 baak6 pei4 = What does he think he is? 粵

Showing 1 example containing 蔔

老虎竟然識食紅蘿蔔，真係咄咄怪事！
Tigers that eat carrots? How strange is that?!

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 蔔
Unicode code for this character: U+8514 (off-site link)

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