củ cải

Mẹ tôi thường trộn củ cải vào món salad.

Definitions

1. Noun:
   • Radish: A type of edible root vegetable, typically with a crisp texture and a pungent, peppery flavor. It is often eaten raw in salads, pickled, or cooked in various dishes.
   • General term for root vegetables: In a broader, sometimes regional or colloquial sense, it can refer to certain other root vegetables, though "củ cải" most specifically denotes the radish.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Mẹ tôi thường trộn củ cải vào món salad. (My mother often mixes radish into the salad.)
  • Củ cải trắng là một nguyên liệu phổ biến trong canh. (White radish is a common ingredient in soup.)
  • Ở chợ, họ bán nhiều loại củ cải khác nhau. (At the market, they sell many different types of radishes.)

Advanced Usage

• "củ cải đường": This is a compound term meaning "beetroot" or "beet." It is listed here as it is a common related term, but it is distinct from "củ cải" alone.
  • Nước ép củ cải đường có màu đỏ tươi. (Beetroot juice has a bright red color.)

Variants and Related Words

• Củ cải trắng / Củ cải đỏ: White radish / Red radish. These specify common varieties.
• Củ cải ngựa: Horseradish. A related plant with a very strong, pungent root used as a condiment.
• Cải củ: A less common variant word order with the same meaning.

Synonyms

• Radish (English): The direct translation for the common vegetable.
• Root vegetable: A more general term (rau củ).

Related Phrases

• Trồng củ cải: to grow radishes.
  • Ông tôi thích trồng củ cải trong vườn. (My grandfather likes to grow radishes in the garden.)
• Củ cải muối: pickled radish.
  • Củ cải muối là món ăn kèm rất ngon. (Pickled radish is a very tasty side dish.)

Related Idioms

• Khỏe như củ cải: (As healthy as a radish) An idiom praising someone's good health and robustness.
  • Sau kỳ nghỉ, anh ấy trông khỏe như củ cải. (After the holiday, he looks as healthy as a radish.)