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小菜
xiǎocài
1. appetizer
2. small side dish
3. easy job
4. piece of cake
5. see also [[小菜一碟<xiǎocàiyīdié>]]
Common • Top 9%

Character Breakdown

小
xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
HSK 1 3 丶
菜
cài
vegetables; order, dish; food
HSK 1 11 丶

Compound Words (3)

小菜儿
xiǎocàir
erhua variant of [[小菜<xiǎocài>]]
小菜一碟
xiǎocàiyīdié
a small appetizer
小菜碟儿
xiǎocàidiér
erhua variant of [[小菜一碟<xiǎocàiyīdié>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
7,197 of 84,292