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菠菜 meaning in English

bōcài

spinach (CL:棵[ke1]); (slang) gambling; gambler (alternative term for 博彩[bo2 cai3])

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Meaning of 菠菜

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bōcài
  1. spinach (CL:棵[ke1])
  2. (slang) gambling; gambler (alternative term for 博彩[bo2 cai3])

菠菜 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

小xiǎo孩hái一yì般bān都dōu讨tǎo厌yàn菠bō菜cài。
Children often hate spinach.
我wǒ儿ér子zi从cóng来lái不bù吃chī菠bō菜cài。
My son never eats his spinach.
把bǎ你nǐ的de菠bō菜cài都dōu吃chī掉diào！
Eat all your spinach!
我wǒ吃chī了le一yī些xiē菠bō菜cài。
I ate some spinach.
汤tāng姆mǔ正zhèng在zài煮zhǔ菠bō菜cài。
Tom is cooking spinach.

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菠 bō · spinach · 11 strokes

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菜 cài · vegetable · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 菠菜.

菜单càidānmenu
白菜báicàiChinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); sometimes used to re
蔬菜shūcàivegetables
菜市场càishìchǎngfood market
菜鸟càiniǎo(coll.) sb new to a particular subject; rookie
泡菜pàocàipickled cabbage
小菜一碟xiǎocàiyīdiéa small appetizer; a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
菜品càipǐnculinary dish
做菜zuòcàito cook; cooking
饭菜fàncàifood
菜肴càiyáovegetable and meat dishes; dish
菠萝bōluópineapple

Questions about 菠菜

What does 菠菜 mean?

菠菜 (bōcài) means "spinach (CL:棵[ke1]); (slang) gambling; gambler (alternative term for 博彩[bo2 cai3])".

How do you write 菠菜?

菠菜 is made of 2 characters: 菠 (11 strokes), 菜 (11 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.