Chinese symbol for “cabbage”
甘蓝
gān lán
Traditional: 甘藍
cabbage; Chinese broccoli; gai larn
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cabbage is 甘蓝 (gān lán), defined as: cabbage; Chinese broccoli; gai larn.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cabbage”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 包菜 | bāo cài | cabbage |
| 椰菜 | yē cài | cabbage; broccoli; cauliflower |
| 甘蓝菜 (甘藍菜) | gān lán cài | cabbage |
| 洋白菜 | yáng bái cài | cabbage (round cabbage most commonly found in Western countries) |
| 包心菜 | bāo xīn cài | cabbage |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 甘蓝.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甘蔗 | gān zhe | sugar cane; 节 (jié) |
| 甘心 | gān xīn | to be willing to; to resign oneself to |
| 甘愿 (甘願) | gān yuàn | willingly |
| 心甘情愿 (心甘情願) | xīn gān qíng yuàn | delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do |
| 不甘 | bù gān | unreconciled to; not resigned to |
| 甘草 | gān cǎo | licorice root |
| 蓝色 (藍色) | lán sè | blue (color) |
| 蓝天 (藍天) | lán tiān | blue sky |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cabbage”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.