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

荤菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc)
黄花菜 huáng huā cài citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni); golden needles (edible flower)
大白菜 dà bái cài bok choy; Chinese cabbage; Brassica pekinensis; CL:棵[ke1]
小白菜 xiǎo bái cài bok choy; Chinese cabbage; Brassica chinensis; CL:棵[ke1]
洋白菜 yáng bái cài cabbage (round cabbage most commonly found in Western countries)
牛皮菜 niú pí cài chard (Beta vulgaris), a foliage beet
粤菜 yuè cài Cantonese cuisine
豆芽菜 dòu yá cài bean sprouts
龙须菜 lóng xū cài asparagus; (Tw) young shoots of the chayote vine 佛手瓜[fo2 shou3 gua1]
A菜 a cài (Tw) lettuce (from Taiwanese 萵仔菜, Tai-lo pr. [ue-á-tshài] or [e-á-tshài])
上下文菜单 shàng xià wén cài dān context menu (computing)
上下文菜單 shàng xià wén cài dān context menu (computing)
上海白菜 shàng hǎi bái cài baby bok choy; Shanghai bok choy
上菜 shàng cài to serve food
上菜秀 shàng cài xiù dinner show; dinner and floor show
下酒菜 xià jiǔ cài a dish that goes well with alcoholic drinks
中国菜 zhōng guó cài Chinese cuisine
中國菜 zhōng guó cài Chinese cuisine
干菜 gān cài dried vegetable
乾菜 gān cài dried vegetable
什菜 shí cài mixed vegetables
冬菜 dōng cài preserved dried cabbage or mustard greens
冰菜 bīng cài ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
凝花菜 níng huā cài gelidiella, tropical and subtropical red algae
出菜 chū cài (at a restaurant) to bring a dish to a customer; to serve food
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