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油菜

yóucài
noun #59,642

Meanings

  1. 1 rapeseed; oilseed rape (Brassica napus)
  2. 2 rape greens; bok choy (dialect)

Examples

春天田里开满了油菜花。
Chūntiān tián lǐ kāi mǎn le yóucàihuā.
In spring the fields are full of rapeseed flowers.
今晚炒一盘油菜。
Jīnwǎn chǎo yī pán yóucài.
Tonight I'll stir-fry a plate of rape greens.

Tips

culture
Literally 'oil vegetable' — grown for the seeds that yield 菜籽油 (cooking oil). Luoping (Yunnan) and Wuyuan (Jiangxi) draw massive spring tourism for their golden 油菜花 fields.

Stroke Order

油 yóu
菜 cài