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

WORDS

菜豆 cài dòu kidney bean
酒菜 jiǔ cài food and drink; food to accompany wine
素菜 sù cài vegetable dish
芥菜 jiè cài leaf mustard (Brassica juncea); also pr. [gai4 cai4]
菜色 cài sè dish; lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet); emaciated look (from malnutrition)
菜花 cài huā cauliflower; gonorrhea
菜馆 cài guǎn (dialect) restaurant
酸菜 suān cài pickled vegetables, especially Chinese cabbage
炒菜 chǎo cài to stir-fry; to do the cooking; stir-fried dish
名菜 míng cài famous dishes; specialty dishes
花菜 huā cài cauliflower
紫菜 zǐ cài flavored roasted seaweed; generic term for edible seaweed; Japanese: nori
菜地 cài dì vegetable field
冷菜 lěng cài cold dish; cold food
川菜 chuān cài Sichuan or Szechuan cuisine
野菜 yě cài wild herb; potherb
圆白菜 yuán bái cài round white cabbage (i.e. Western cabbage)
菜市 cài shì food market
菜板 cài bǎn chopping board; cutting board; CL:張|张[zhang1]
荠菜 jì cài shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
韭菜 jiǔ cài garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives; (fig.) retail investors who lose their money to more experienced operators (i.e. they are "harvested" like garlic chives)
包心菜 bāo xīn cài cabbage
油菜 yóu cài oilseed rape (Brassica napus); flowering edible rape (Brassica chinensis var. oleifera)
菜场 cài chǎng food market
菜油 cài yóu rapeseed oil; canola oil
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