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菠菜
bōcài
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English Definitionspinach; (slang) alternative term for 博彩, lottery
Simplified Script菠菜
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinbōcài
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄅㄛ ㄘㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)bo1coi3
Part of Speech(名) noun
Measure Words棵
Topical Word Lists
Part of food/groups/vegetables
Proficiency Test LevelTOCFL=6
Word Decomposition
菠bōspinach
菜càidish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor

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Words With Same Head Word    
菠萝bōluópineapple
菠萝蜜bōluó mìjackfruit
菠烷bōwánbornane; camphane C10H18
菠萝包bōluó bāopineapple bun, where the top resembles a pineapple
Words With Same Tail Word    
青菜qīngcàigreen vegetables; Chinese cabbage
蔬菜shūcàivegetables
白菜báicàiChinese cabbage; pak choi
油菜yóucàioilseed rape (Brassica napus); flowering edible rape (Brassica chinensis var. oleifera)
饭菜fàncàifood
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