莴苣

萵苣

wōjù

noun #17,700

Measure Word

一棵莴苣 kē

Meanings

1 lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
2 stem lettuce; celtuce

Characters

lettuce (bound form)

lettuce (bound form)

Examples

HSK 5

沙拉里放了很多莴苣。

Shālā lǐ fàng le hěnduō wōjù.

There's a lot of lettuce in the salad.

HSK 5

莴苣是一种很常见的蔬菜。

Wōjù shì yì zhǒng hěn chángjiàn de shūcài.

Lettuce is a very common vegetable.

Tips

usage

莴苣 is the name of the whole plant species, which gives two vegetables: leaf lettuce, usually called 生菜 (literally 'raw vegetable'), and stem lettuce or celtuce, 莴笋. In everyday speech 莴苣 on its own often means the stem kind.

Stroke Order

莴 wō

苣 jù