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TOPIK 2noun

배추

baechu

배추가 · 배추를

napa cabbage, Chinese cabbage

Example

우리 엄마는 배추로 김치를 만들어요.

My mom makes kimchi with napa cabbage.

Word parts

Probably from an old borrowed reading of Chinese 'white vegetable'; now felt as native.

Good to know

A whole head of cabbage is counted with 포기: 배추 한 포기.