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napa cabbage

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A species of Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, commonly used as an ingredient in East-Asian cuisines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: celery cabbage, wombok

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

See napa.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Burmese: မုန်ညှင်းဖြူ (munhnyang:hpru) — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Catalan: col xinesa — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Chinese Cantonese: 黃芽白 /黄芽白 (wong4 ngaa4 baak6) — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Chinese Cantonese: 紹菜 /绍菜 (siu6 coi3) — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白菜 (báicài) — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Czech: čínské zelí — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Danish: kinakål — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Esperanto: pekina brasiko — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Finnish: kiinankaali — type of Chinese cabbage
  • French: chou chinois — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Galician: col chinesa — type of Chinese cabbage
  • German: Chinakohl — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Greek: κινέζικο λάχανο (kinéziko láchano) — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Hungarian: kínai kel — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Indonesian: sawi putih — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Japanese: 白菜 (hakusai) — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Khmer: ស្ពៃស (spey sɑɑ) — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Korean: 배추 (baechu) — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Lü: ᦕᧅᦂᦱᧆᦃᦱᧁ (ṗhakk̇aadẋaaw) — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠨᠣᠭᠣᠭ᠎ᠠ (čaɣan nogoɣ-a) — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Norwegian: kinakål — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Polish: kapusta pekińska — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Portuguese: couve-chinesa — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Russian: пекинская капуста (pekinskaja kapusta) — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Spanish: col china — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Spanish: repollo chino — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Swedish: kinakål — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Swedish: salladskål — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Thai: ผักกาดขาว (pàk-gàat-kăao) — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Turkish: Çin lahanası — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Uyghur: يېسىۋېلەك (yësiwëlek) — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Uzbek: Pekin karami — type of Chinese cabbage
  • Vietnamese: cải thảo — type of Chinese cabbage