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菜
cài
vegetables; order, dish; food
🔤 Pictophonetic:
艹 (plant) provides meaning, 采 provides pronunciation
Words Using 菜 (186)
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菜
cài
dish (type of food) / vegetable / cuisine / CL:[[盤|盘<pán>]], [[道<dào>]] / (coll.) (one's) type
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菜
cài
dish (type of food) / vegetable / cuisine / CL:[[盤|盘<pán>]], [[道<dào>]] / (coll.) (one's) type
菜单
càidān
menu / CL:[[份<fèn>]], [[張|张<zhāng>]]
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菜单
càidān
menu / CL:[[份<fèn>]], [[張|张<zhāng>]]
蔬菜
shūcài
vegetables / produce / CL:[[種|种<zhǒng>]]
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蔬菜
shūcài
vegetables / produce / CL:[[種|种<zhǒng>]]
泡菜
pàocài
pickled cabbage
泡菜
pàocài
pickled cabbage
小菜
xiǎocài
appetizer / small side dish / easy job / piece of cake / see also [[小菜一碟<xiǎocàiyīdié>]]
小菜
xiǎocài
appetizer / small side dish / easy job / piece of cake / see also [[小菜一碟<xiǎocàiyīdié>]]
做菜
zuòcài
to cook / cooking
做菜
zuòcài
to cook / cooking
上菜
shàngcài
to serve, also to put on plate
上菜
shàngcài
to serve, also to put on plate
菜色
càisè
dish / lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet) / emaciated look (from malnutrition)
菜色
càisè
dish / lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet) / emaciated look (from malnutrition)
甜菜
tiáncài
beet / beetroot
甜菜
tiáncài
beet / beetroot
菜肴
càiyáo
vegetable and meat dishes / dish
菜肴
càiyáo
vegetable and meat dishes / dish
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⿱艹采
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cǎi
采
to collect, to gather; to pick, to pluck
💡 Ideographic:
A hand picking 爫 fruit from a tree 木
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