cải

noun

• Cabbage

verb

• To change, to alter
  • cải tên: to change one's name
  • cải niên hiệu: to change the dynastic name of the year
  • cải lão hoàn đồng: to change old age and restore youth, to rejuvenate
  • cải tà quy chính: to turn a new leaf, to mend one's ways
  • cải tử hoàn sinh: to raise from the dead

• To plait in relief, to embroider in relief
  • lụa cải hoa: silk embroidered in relief with a flower design