củ cải

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ku˧˩ kaːj˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʊw˧˨ kaːj˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʊw˨˩˦ kaːj˨˩˦]

Noun

củ cải

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

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