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˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʊw˨˩˦ kaːj˨˩˦]
Noun
củ cải
- (Vietnamese cuisine, botany) Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus), particularly the Vietnamese varieties of daikon, the East Asian long white radish.
Derived terms
- củ cải trắng ("daikon")