"kailan" meaning in English

See kailan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 芥蘭/芥兰 (gaai3 laan4-2). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yue|-}} Cantonese, {{zh-l|芥蘭|gaai3 laan4-2}} 芥蘭/芥兰 (gaai3 laan4-2) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} kailan (uncountable)
  1. Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra, a long, blue-green vegetable with thick, glossy stems and leaves typically eaten in Chinese and particularly Cantonese cooking. Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Brassicas, Vegetables Synonyms: Chinese broccoli, Chinese kale, gailan, gai-lan, gai lohn, gai-lon, kai-lan Translations (vegetable): ကိုက်လန် (kuiklan) (Burmese), 芥藍菜 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 芥蓝菜 (kè-nâ-chhài) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 芥蘭 (Chinese Cantonese), 芥兰 (alt: gaai³ laan⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 芥藍 (Chinese Mandarin), 芥蓝 (jièlán) (Chinese Mandarin), 芥蘭 (Chinese Mandarin), 芥兰 (gàilán, jièlán) (Chinese Mandarin), 芥蘭菜 (Chinese Mandarin), 芥兰菜 (gàiláncài, jièláncài) (Chinese Mandarin), härmekaali (Finnish), kiinanbrokkoli (Finnish), gaï lan [masculine] (French), brocoli de Chine [masculine] (French), kailan (Indonesian), гайла́нь (gajlánʹ) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), คะน้า (ká-náa) (Thai), cải rổ (Vietnamese), cải làn (Vietnamese)

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for kailan meaning in English (4.0kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yue",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "芥蘭",
        "2": "gaai3 laan4-2"
      },
      "expansion": "芥蘭/芥兰 (gaai3 laan4-2)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Cantonese 芥蘭/芥兰 (gaai3 laan4-2).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "kailan (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Brassicas",
          "orig": "en:Brassicas",
          "parents": [
            "Crucifers",
            "Brassicales order plants",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Vegetables",
          "orig": "en:Vegetables",
          "parents": [
            "Foods",
            "Plants",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra, a long, blue-green vegetable with thick, glossy stems and leaves typically eaten in Chinese and particularly Cantonese cooking."
      ],
      "id": "en-kailan-en-noun-lEQODXjZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra",
          "Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra"
        ],
        [
          "Chinese",
          "Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "Cantonese",
          "Cantonese"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Chinese broccoli"
        },
        {
          "word": "Chinese kale"
        },
        {
          "word": "gailan"
        },
        {
          "word": "gai-lan"
        },
        {
          "word": "gai lohn"
        },
        {
          "word": "gai-lon"
        },
        {
          "word": "kai-lan"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "kuiklan",
          "sense": "vegetable",
          "word": "ကိုက်လန်"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "vegetable",
          "word": "芥蘭"
        },
        {
          "alt": "gaai³ laan⁴⁻²",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "vegetable",
          "word": "芥兰"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "vegetable",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "芥藍菜"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "kè-nâ-chhài",
          "sense": "vegetable",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "芥蓝菜"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "vegetable",
          "word": "芥藍"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jièlán",
          "sense": "vegetable",
          "word": "芥蓝"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "vegetable",
          "word": "芥蘭"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gàilán, jièlán",
          "sense": "vegetable",
          "word": "芥兰"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "vegetable",
          "word": "芥蘭菜"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gàiláncài, jièláncài",
          "sense": "vegetable",
          "word": "芥兰菜"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "vegetable",
          "word": "härmekaali"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "vegetable",
          "word": "kiinanbrokkoli"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "vegetable",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gaï lan"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "vegetable",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brocoli de Chine"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "vegetable",
          "word": "kailan"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gajlánʹ",
          "sense": "vegetable",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "гайла́нь"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "ká-náa",
          "sense": "vegetable",
          "word": "คะน้า"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "vegetable",
          "word": "cải rổ"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "vegetable",
          "word": "cải làn"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kailan"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yue",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "芥蘭",
        "2": "gaai3 laan4-2"
      },
      "expansion": "芥蘭/芥兰 (gaai3 laan4-2)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Cantonese 芥蘭/芥兰 (gaai3 laan4-2).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "kailan (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Cantonese",
        "English terms derived from Cantonese",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Brassicas",
        "en:Vegetables"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra, a long, blue-green vegetable with thick, glossy stems and leaves typically eaten in Chinese and particularly Cantonese cooking."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra",
          "Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra"
        ],
        [
          "Chinese",
          "Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "Cantonese",
          "Cantonese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Chinese broccoli"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chinese kale"
    },
    {
      "word": "gailan"
    },
    {
      "word": "gai-lan"
    },
    {
      "word": "gai lohn"
    },
    {
      "word": "gai-lon"
    },
    {
      "word": "kai-lan"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "kuiklan",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "word": "ကိုက်လန်"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "word": "芥蘭"
    },
    {
      "alt": "gaai³ laan⁴⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "word": "芥兰"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "芥藍菜"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "kè-nâ-chhài",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "芥蓝菜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "word": "芥藍"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jièlán",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "word": "芥蓝"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "word": "芥蘭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gàilán, jièlán",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "word": "芥兰"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "word": "芥蘭菜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gàiláncài, jièláncài",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "word": "芥兰菜"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "word": "härmekaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "word": "kiinanbrokkoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gaï lan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brocoli de Chine"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "word": "kailan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "word": "kailan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gajlánʹ",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гайла́нь"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ká-náa",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "word": "คะน้า"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "word": "cải rổ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "vegetable",
      "word": "cải làn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kailan"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.