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大白菜

daai6 baak6 coi3

napa cabbage; chinese cabbage (Cantonese: 黃芽白)

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 586,000

This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 國

大白菜

This word was added by claw on 11th Oct 2004 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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大 daai6 da4 dai4 - big
白 baak6 bai2 - white; clear; pure
菜 coi3 cai4 - vegetables; dish

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