Definition

Noun: * Cabbage: A type of leafy green, red (purple), or white vegetable with a dense, round head formed from tightly packed leaves. It is commonly used in cooking.

Usage Examples

• (My mother usually buys cabbage at the market.)
• (Cabbage soup is a traditional dish.)
• (He grows red cabbage in his garden.)

Advanced Usage

• "bắp cải cuộn": Refers to dishes using cabbage leaves as wrappers, such as stuffed cabbage rolls.
  • Bà tôi làm món bắp cải cuộn thịt rất ngon. (My grandmother makes delicious meat-stuffed cabbage rolls.)
• "dưa bắp cải": Sauerkraut; fermented cabbage.
  • Bánh mì kẹp xúc xích thường ăn kèm với dưa bắp cải. (Hot dogs are often served with sauerkraut.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cải bắp: This is a full synonym and an alternative, equally common name for "bắp cải".
• Bắp cải tím / Bắp cải đỏ: Red cabbage or purple cabbage.
• Bắp cải trắng: White cabbage (the most common green variety).
• Su hào (Kohlrabi): A different, but related, vegetable in the brassica family. It is a stem vegetable, not a leafy head like cabbage.

Synonyms

• Cabbage (the direct and primary translation).
• Head cabbage (used for clarity, to distinguish from other leafy greens).

Related Phrases

• Trồng bắp cải: To grow cabbage.
  • Nông dân trong vùng này chuyên trồng bắp cải. (Farmers in this region specialize in growing cabbage.)
• Thái/bào sợi bắp cải: To shred/cut cabbage into strips.
  • Để làm salad, bạn cần thái sợi bắp cải thật mỏng. (To make salad, you need to shred the cabbage very thinly.)

noun

1. Cabbage
   • rau Bắp cải