Learn Chinese Vegetables Names

Learn Vegetables in Mandarin Chinese

A lot of times with foods, translation don’t always work so well for a variety of reasons. Sometimes the food is regional or local, and China doesn’t naturally have that type of food. Sometimes, China has a version of that plant or vegetable that is slightly dissimilar to the one you’re looking for. Sometimes the Chinese word is more closely related to the original botanical definition and hard to find.Therefore, we going to give you a brief introduction of vegetables in the Chinese language as a  Chinese language learning journey.  Anyways, in China, you’ll find both Kale Greens as well as Collard Greens.

Lets’ learn how to say Kale greens in Chinese and let’s learn how to say Collard Greens in Chinese. 

Kale Greens/无头甘蓝/wú tóu gānlán

A variety of kale,Kai-lan, is a popular vegetable in China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, where it is commonly combined with beef dishes.

Collard Greens/芥蓝菜叶/jiè lán cài yè

Collard greens in Chinese. Collard greens (collards) are various loose-leafed cultivars of Brassica oleracea, the species which also contains vegetables including cabbage (Capitata Group) androccoli (Botrytis Group).  Also, they are part of the Acephala Group of the species, which includes kale and spring greens.

 

 

Chinese Vegetables Name List

Don’t know what you’re up to learning? Chinese for collard greens, but in case you’re driving down the vegetable vocabulary route — here’ s some more green words for you.

菠菜/bō cài/spinach	葱/cōngscallion /green onion	蕃茄/fān qié/tomato
红萝卜/hóng luó bó/red carrot	胡萝卜/hú luó bo/carrot	红薯/hóng shǔ/sweet potato
辣椒/là jiāo/hot pepper/chili	卷心菜/juǎn xīn cài/cabbage	芥菜/jiè cài/the mustard plant, leaf mustard
苦瓜/kǔ guā/bitter gourd	黄瓜/huáng guā/cucumber	薑/jiāng/ ginger
芦笋/lú sǔn/asparagus	马铃薯/mǎ líng shǔ/potato	南瓜/nán guā/pumpkin
茄子/qié zi/eggplant; aubergine; Guinea squash	芹菜/qín cài/celery	青豆/qīng dòu/green beans
青椒/qīng jiāo/green pepper	秋葵/qiū kuí/hibiscus	山药/shān yao/the yam
生菜/shēng cài/lettuce	甜菜/tián cài/beet	豌豆/wān dòu/pea
莴苣/wō jù/lettuce	芜菁/wú jīng/turnip	玉米/yù mǐ/corn / maize
香菜/xiāng cài/coriander	洋葱/yáng cōng/onion	土豆/Tǔdòu/potato

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We believe that after reading through this article, you will get no difficulty buying vegetables in the Chinese market.  

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