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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
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

菜
cài
vegetables; order, dish; food
HSK 1 11 丶

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)

今天怎么做了这么多菜?
Jīntiān zěnme zuò le zhème duō cài?
Why did you cook so many dishes today?
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Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
1,265
Word Frequency Rank
1,512 of 84,292

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