kailan

See also: kai-lan

English

Alternative forms

gailan, gai-lan, gai lohn, gai-lon, kai-lan

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 芥蘭／芥兰 (gaai3 laan4-2).

Noun

kailan (uncountable)

Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra, a long, blue-green vegetable with thick, glossy stems and leaves typically eaten in Chinese and particularly Cantonese cooking.

Synonyms

Chinese broccoli, Chinese kale

Hyponyms

See also Thesaurus:dim sum

Translations

vegetable

Burmese: ကိုက်လန် (my) (kuiklan)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 芥蘭, 芥兰 (gaai³ laan⁴^-²)

Mandarin: 芥藍 (zh), 芥蓝 (zh) (jièlán), 芥蘭 (zh), 芥兰 (zh) (gàilán, jièlán), 芥蘭菜, 芥兰菜 (gàiláncài, jièláncài)

Min Nan: 芥藍菜, 芥蓝菜 (kè-nâ-chhài)

Finnish: härmekaali, kiinanbrokkoli
French: gaï lan m, brocoli de Chine m
Indonesian: kailan, kailan
Russian: гайла́нь m, f (gajlánʹ)
Thai: คะน้า (ká-náa)

Further reading

Kai-lan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Brassica oleracea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

Kalina, kalian

Tagalog

Pronoun

kailan

(interrogative) when

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