Thursday 9 June 2022

Napa cabbage

How does one say napa cabbage in Teochew? In the UK, napa cabbage is called Chinese leaves.  

I thought, it was called dua7bêh8cai3 大白菜 to follow the Northern Chinese term.  

The Latin name is Brassica pekinensis.

If you were to listen to this video, the speaker calls it ua1ua1cai3 and Mogher lists it as bêh8cai3sim1

ua1ua1cai3

娃娃菜

napa cabbage, Chinese leaves

bêh8cai3sim1

白菜心

napa cabbage, Chinese leaves

dua7bêh8cai3

大白菜

Brassica pekinensis

  


Additional Vocabulary

Guê3ni5 gai7 zio1bai5cai3

過年個招牌菜|过年个招牌菜

New Year’s signature dish

no6boin5 dui3zih8

二畔對摺|二畔对折

to fold both sides in two

geng2 ki2lai5

捲起來|卷起来

to roll up

zo2iu6

左右

approximately

nam5

to pour

Riang5ao6 zu6 gah8 i1 nam5 do6 coh4 ua1ua1cai3 dêng5boin5

然後就合伊淋在撮娃娃菜頂|然后就合伊淋在撮娃娃菜顶

Afterwards then pour the (sauce) on the top of those vegetable (rolls)

bêh8cai3 geng2

白菜卷

vegetable rolls

Do note that if geng2 is a verb then use this character and if geng2 is a noun then use this character and if you read and write in Simplified Chinese than both noun and verb are written as 卷。


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