“Carrot” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “carrot” is にんじん (ninjin). In Chinese it is 胡萝卜 (hú luó bo).
Japanese
にんじん
ninjin
にんじんはオレンジ色です。
The carrot is orange.
Chinese (Simplified)
胡萝卜
hú luó bo
胡萝卜是橙色的。
The carrot is orange.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 根: 一根胡萝卜 means “one carrot”.
“Carrot” in 20 languages
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| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | にんじん ninjin | にんじんはオレンジ色です。 |
| English | carrot /ˈkærət/ | The carrot is orange. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 胡萝卜 hú luó bo | 胡萝卜是橙色的。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 紅蘿蔔 hóng luó bo | 紅蘿蔔是橘色的。 |
| Korean | 당근 | 당근은 주황색이에요. |
| Spanish | zanahoria | La zanahoria es naranja. |
| French | carotte | La carotte est orange. |
| German | Karotte | Die Karotte ist orange. |
| Italian | carota | La carota è arancione. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | cenoura | A cenoura é laranja. |
| Russian | морковь | Морковь оранжевая. |
| Arabic | جزرة | الجزرة برتقالية. |
| Hindi | गाजर | गाजर नारंगी है। |
| Indonesian | wortel | Wortelnya berwarna oranye. |
| Vietnamese | cà rốt | Cà rốt có màu cam. |
| Thai | แครอท | แครอทสีส้ม |
| Turkish | havuç | Havuç turuncu. |
| Dutch | wortel | De wortel is oranje. |
| Swedish | morot | Moroten är orange. |
| Polish | marchewka | Marchewka jest pomarańczowa. |
