菜 cài

vegetables; dish, order; food

HSK 1 #1266

DEFINITIONS

  • vegetables
  • dish, order
  • food
  • dish (type of food)
  • vegetable
  • cuisine
  • CL:盤|盘[pan2],道[dao4]
  • (coll.) (one's) type
  • (of one's skills etc) weak
  • poor

STROKES

菜 stroke order diagram
菜 stroke order animation

WORDS

菜单 cài dān
HSK 3
menu; CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]
蔬菜 shū cài
HSK 5
vegetables; CL:種|种[zhong3]
泡菜 pào cài pickled cabbage
小菜 xiǎo cài appetizer; small side dish; easy job; piece of cake; see also 小菜一碟[xiao3 cai4 yi1 die2]
饭菜 fàn cài food
点菜 diǎn cài to order dishes (in a restaurant)
卷心菜 juǎn xīn cài cabbage; CL:棵[ke1]; variant of 卷心菜[juan3 xin1 cai4]
菠菜 bō cài spinach; CL:棵[ke1]
菜谱 cài pǔ menu (in restaurant); recipe; cookbook
生菜 shēng cài lettuce; raw fresh vegetables; greens
主菜 zhǔ cài main course
做菜 zuò cài to cook; cooking
剩菜 shèng cài leftovers (food)
甜菜 tián cài beet; beetroot
花椰菜 huā yē cài cauliflower
芹菜 qín cài celery (Apium graveolens)
白菜 bái cài Chinese cabbage; pak choi; CL:棵[ke1], 個|个[ge4]
家常菜 jiā cháng cài home cooking
青菜 qīng cài green vegetables; Chinese cabbage
菜刀 cài dāo vegetable knife; kitchen knife; cleaver; CL:把[ba3]
菜肴 cài yáo vegetable and meat dishes; dish
菜园 cài yuán vegetable garden
咸菜 xián cài salted vegetables; pickles
菜市场 cài shì chǎng food market
香菜 xiāng cài coriander; cilantro; Coriandrum sativum
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