củ cải

Vietnamese

củ cải

Etymology

củ (“root, tuber”) +‎ cải (“cruciferous vegetables: coles, mustards, cabbages”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ku˧˩ kaːj˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊw˧˨ kaːj˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʊw˨˩˦ kaːj˨˩˦]

Noun

(Vietnamese cuisine, botany) Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus), particularly the Vietnamese varieties of daikon, the East Asian long white radish.
Synonym: cải củ

Derived terms

củ cải trắng (“daikon”)
củ cải đường (“sugar beet”)

Anagrams

cải củ

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