西洋菜 (sai1 joeng4 coi3 | xi1 yang2 cai4) : watercress; [粵] foreign girl or young woman; syn. [國] 水田芥

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西洋菜

sai1 joeng4 coi3

xi1 yang2 cai4

[1] watercress | syn: (Stnd.Chin.)[國] 水田芥);
[2][粵] a foreign girl or young woman

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 54,000

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

西洋菜

This word has been viewed 4737 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 11th Oct 2004 12:25 and last edited on 1st Dec 2014 06:59

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西 sai1 - west
洋 joeng4 - ocean; foreign; Western; vast
菜 coi3 - vegetables; dish

1 compounds containing this word:

西洋菜街 - Sai Yeung Choi Street

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