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菜
cài
1.
dish (type of food)
2.
vegetable
3.
cuisine
4.
CL:[[盤|盘<pán>]], [[道<dào>]]
5.
(coll.) (one's) type
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
芹菜
qíncài
celery (Apium graveolens)
菜瓜
càiguā
snake melon
生菜
shēngcài
lettuce
花菜
huācài
cauliflower
菜场
càichǎng
food market
菜牛
càiniú
beef cattle (grown for meat)
瓮菜
wèngcài
variant of [[蕹菜<wèngcài>]]
甜菜
tiáncài
beet
秋菜
qiūcài
autumn vegetables
芥菜
jiècài
mustard (Brassica juncea)
苋菜
xiàncài
amaranth greens (genus Amaranthus)
菜地
càidì
vegetable field
菜板
càibǎn
chopping board
菜油
càiyóu
rapeseed oil
炒菜
chǎocài
stir-fried dish
瓜菜
guācài
fruit and vegetables
做菜
zuòcài
to cook
湘菜
Xiāngcài
Hunan cuisine
白菜
báicài
Chinese cabbage
堇菜
jǐncài
violet (botany)
Example Sentences (1)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,265
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,512 of 84,292