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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 白菜

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
白菜 bái cài - Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis)
- sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis)
- CL:棵[ke1],個|个[ge4]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 3 23,622 10,048 4,447

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
bái- surname Bai
bái- white
- snowy
- pure
- bright
- empty
- blank
- plain
- clear
- to make clear
- in vain
- gratuitous
- free of charge
- reactionary
- anti-communist
- funeral
- to stare coldly
- to write wrong character
- to state
- to explain
- vernacular
- spoken lines in opera
cài- vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])
- dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2])
- (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
- (coll.) (one's) type

Other Words Containing 白菜

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
白菜 - 3 23,622 10,048 4,447
圆白菜 - - 57,927 52,131 22,057
大白菜 - - 83,200 20,374 10,326
小白菜 - - 86,242 38,080 21,990
洋白菜 - - 96,888 - 62,694