Date: September 13th, 2004
Cate: Chinese Word of the Day
Tags:

– Luo2 – Radish

蘿蔔 – Luo2 Bo2 – Radish-ish things

糖蘿蔔 – Tang2 Luo2 Bo2 – Sugar Radish — Beet

青蘿蔔 – Qing1 Luo2 Bo2 – Blue-Green Radish — Turnip

白蘿蔔 – Bai2 Luo2 Bo2 – White Radish — Daikon Radish

歐洲蘿蔔 – Ou1 Zhou1 Luo2 Bo2 – Europe Contienent Radish — Parsnip

紅蘿蔔 – Hong2 Luo2 Bo2 – Red Radish — Carrot (why? they aren’t red, and they aren’t radishes! carrots and radishes aren’t even in the same family!)

And astoundingly, 小胡蘿蔔 – Xiao3 Hong2 Luo2 Bo2 – Little Red Radish — Radish

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