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Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) / sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) / CL: 棵
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *室* | 室* | *室
room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
HSK 3
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  *棵* | 棵* | *棵
classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
HSK 4
cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) (CL:棵)
cabbage
cabbage; broccoli; cauliflower
Chinese cabbage; napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) / CL: 棵
baby Chinese cabbage (mini-sized variety)
choy sum / Chinese flowering cabbage / stem of any Chinese cabbage
cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) (CL:顆|颗) / Taiwan pr. [gao1li4cai4]
pickled vegetables, especially Chinese cabbage
green vegetables / Chinese cabbage
spoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
cabbage
Abba (Aramaic word father) / by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel
red cabbage / purple cabbage
round white cabbage (i.e. Western cabbage)
salt-pickled sun-dried cabbage (or potherb mustard etc)
the right time for sth / the right season (for planting cabbage)
cabbage (round cabbage most commonly found in Western countries)
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  *菘* | 菘* | *菘
(cabbage) / Brassica chinensis
scabbard
milk cabbage (aka "white bok choy" and various other names), a variety of bok choy
to stay idle at home / to have resigned from office / to be unemployed / to have been fired / to be on a sabbatical
Sabbath / Sunday
pickled cabbage
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *柙* | 柙* | *柙
cage / pen / scabbard
preserved dried cabbage or mustard greens
Barabbas (in the Biblical passion story)
Chinese broccoli / Chinese kale / cabbage mustard / Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra / also pr. [jie4 lan2]
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *珌* | 珌* | *珌
gem on scabbard
(dialect) cabbage
genus Brassica (including broccoli, cabbage, rapeseed etc)
Zerubbabel (son of Shealtiel)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鞘* | 鞘* | *鞘
scabbard; sheath
outer (of cabbage etc) / upper (of a shoe) / (coll.) group / gang
Abba (Aramaic word father) / by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel
Dolce & Gabbana (fashion brand)
cabbage, rice and tofu soup
Brassica narinosa (broadbeaked mustard) / Chinese flat cabbage
Sabbath
Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate
spoofing culture (Web-based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *韬* | 韬* | *韬
bow case or scabbard / to hide / military strategy
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *琫* | 琫* | *琫
gem ornament of scabbard
type of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided scabbard
cabbage / Chinese broccoli / gai larn
Mahmoud Abbas (1935–), Palestinian politician, president of the Palestinian National Authority (2005–), also known as Abu Mazen
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鞞* | 鞞* | *鞞
scabbard
cabbage
spicy pickled cabbage; kimchi
Abiud (son of Zerubbabel)
European wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
cabbage


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