Chinese Cabbage - Varieties

Varieties

Napa Cabbage
Chinese name
Chinese 大白菜
Transcriptions
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin dàbáicài
Min
- Hokkien POJ pe̍h-chhài
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese 黃芽白
Transcriptions
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin huángyábái
Cantonese (Yue)
- Jyutping wong4 ngaa4 baak9
Korean name
Hangul 배추
Transcriptions
- Revised
Romanization
baechu
Bok Choy
Chinese name
Chinese 青菜
Transcriptions
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin qīngcài
Min
- Hokkien POJ be̍h-chhài or pe̍h-chhài
Wu
- Romanization tsching tsae 青菜
Cantonese (Yue)
- Jyutping baak9 coi5
Korean name
Hangul 청경채
Transcriptions
- Revised
Romanization
cheonggyeongchae

There are two distinctly different groups of Brassica rapa used as leaf vegetables in China, and a wide range of varieties within these two groups. The binomial name B. campestris is also used.

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