萝卜

luó bo

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HSK 3.0 Level 7 Noun Uncommon

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Definitions

1. radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. white radish 白萝卜bái luó bo

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Word relationships

Related words

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• 白菜 bái cài 白菜 bái cài Chinese cabbage common vegetable often mentioned alongside radish: Chinese cabbage
• 土豆 tǔ dòu 土豆 tǔ dòu potato another common vegetable: potato

Synonyms

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• 白萝卜 bái luó bo 白萝卜 bái luó bo white radish both refer to white radish, but 萝卜 is the general term and 白萝卜 specifies white radish: white radish

Usage notes

Common mistakes

Do not confuse 萝卜 (radish) with 胡萝卜 (carrot); 萝卜 is white radish, not carrot.

Example Sentences

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我买了一个 萝卜 。

I bought a radish.

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Words Containing 萝卜

• 一个萝卜一个坑 一个萝卜一个坑 yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng: lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
• 大萝卜 大萝卜 dà luó bo: see 白蘿蔔|白萝卜[bái luó bo]
• 小红萝卜 小红萝卜 xiǎo hóng luó bo: summer radish (the small red kind)
• 小萝卜头 小萝卜头 xiǎo luó bo tou: (coll.) little kid
• 心里美萝卜 心里美萝卜 xīn li měi luó bo: Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable
• 拔出萝卜带出泥 拔出萝卜带出泥 bá chū luó bo dài chū ní: lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom)
• 樱桃萝卜 樱桃萝卜 yīng táo luó bo: summer radish (the small red kind)
• 水萝卜 水萝卜 shuǐ luó bo: summer radish (the small red kind)
• 白萝卜 白萝卜 bái luó bo: white radish
• 空心萝卜 空心萝卜 kōng xīn luó bo: useless person
• 红萝卜 红萝卜 hóng luó bo: carrot
• 胡萝卜 胡萝卜 hú luó bo: carrot
• 胡萝卜素 胡萝卜素 hú luó bo sù: carotene
• 萝卜快了不洗泥 萝卜快了不洗泥 luó bo kuài le bù xǐ ní: when radishes are selling fast, one doesn't take the time to wash the soil off them (idiom)
• 萝卜白菜，各有所爱 萝卜白菜，各有所爱 luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài: (idiom) one man's meat is another man's poison; to each his own
• 萝卜糕 萝卜糕 luó bo gāo: fried radish cake (a type of dim sum, commonly called \turnip cake\)
• 萝卜青菜，各有所爱 萝卜青菜，各有所爱 luó bo qīng cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài: see 蘿蔔白菜，各有所愛|萝卜白菜，各有所爱[luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài]
• 野胡萝卜 野胡萝卜 yě hú luó bo: carrot (Daucus carota)

Child Words of 萝卜

• 卜 卜 bǔ: (bound form) to divine
• 卜 卜 bo: see 蘿蔔|萝卜[luó bo]
• 萝 萝 luó: radish