蔓菁

mánjing

noun

Meanings

HSK 3

奶奶在菜园里种了一些蔓菁。

Nǎinai zài càiyuán lǐ zhòng le yìxiē mánjing.

Grandma planted some turnips in the vegetable garden.

HSK 7-9

北方农村常把蔓菁腌成咸菜过冬。

Běifāng nóngcūn cháng bǎ mánjing yānchéng xiáncài guòdōng.

In the northern countryside, turnips are often salted as pickles to last through the winter.

mistakes

蔓 is read mán only in this word. Elsewhere it is màn, as in 蔓延 'to spread', or wàn, the colloquial word for a vine.

usage

蔓菁 is the everyday name, heard most in the north; 芜菁 is the botanical one.

蔓 màn

菁 jīng