cài

vegetable; dish (type of food); cuisine

HSK 1 #1266

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 1266th character
Radical ⾋ (140.8)
Strokes 11
Index # 2207

Definitions

菜 cài
  1. 1. vegetable
  2. 2. dish (type of food)
  3. 3. cuisine
  4. 4. poor
  5. 5. (of one's skills etc) weak
  6. 6. (coll.) (one's) type
  7. 7. CL pán,dào

Stroke order

菜 stroke order diagram
菜 stroke order animation

Words containing 菜

Word Meaning
menu
vegetables
pickled cabbage
small side dish; appetizer; piece of cake
food
to order dishes (in a restaurant)
cabbage; variant of juǎn xīn cài
spinach
recipe; cookbook; menu (in restaurant)
lettuce; greens; raw fresh vegetables
main course
to cook; cooking
leftovers (food)
beet; beetroot
cauliflower
celery (Apium graveolens)
Chinese cabbage; pak choi
home cooking
green vegetables; Chinese cabbage
kitchen knife; cleaver; vegetable knife
dish; vegetable and meat dishes
vegetable garden
pickles; salted vegetables
food market
cilantro; coriander; Coriandrum sativum
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