油菜

yóucài

noun #59,642

Meanings

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

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

春天田里开满了油菜花。

Chūntiān tiánlǐ kāi mǎn le yóucàihuā.

In spring the fields are full of rapeseed flowers.

HSK 6

今晚炒一盘油菜。

Jīnwǎn chǎo yì 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