| 1 | 菜 | 菜 | cài | cai4 | dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; Classifiers: 盘 ,道 ; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor | | |
| 2 | 蔬菜 | 蔬菜 | shū cài | shu1 cai4 | vegetables; Classifiers: 种 | | |
| 3 | 白菜 | 白菜 | bái cài | bai2 cai4 | Chinese cabbage; pak choi; Classifiers: 棵 | | |
| 4 | 饭菜 | 飯菜 | fàn cài | fan4 cai4 | food | | |
| 5 | 油菜 | 油菜 | yóu cài | you2 cai4 | oilseed rape (Brassica napus); flowering edible rape (Brassica chinensis var. oleifera) | | |
| 6 | 紫菜 | 紫菜 | zǐ cài | zi3 cai4 | flavored roasted seaweed; generic term for edible seaweed; Japanese: nori | | |
| 7 | 野菜 | 野菜 | yě cài | ye3 cai4 | wild herb; potherb | | |
| 8 | 菜园 | 菜園 | cài yuán | cai4 yuan2 | vegetable garden | | |
| 9 | 菜市场名 | 菜市場名 | cài shì chǎng míng | cai4 shi4 chang3 ming2 | (Tw) popular given name (one that will turn many heads if you shout it at a marketplace) | | |
| 10 | 出菜 | 出菜 | chū cài | chu1 cai4 | (at a restaurant) to bring a dish to a customer; to serve food | | |
| 11 | 菜市仔名 | 菜市仔名 | cài shì zǐ míng | cai4 shi4 zi3 ming2 | (Tw) popular given name (one that will turn many heads if you shout it at a marketplace) (from Taiwanese 菜市仔名 , Tai-lo pr. [tshài-tshī-á-miâ], where 菜市仔 means "marketplace") | | |
| 12 | 燕菜精 | 燕菜精 | yàn cài jīng | yan4 cai4 jing1 | agar-agar powder | | |
| 13 | 菜燕 | 菜燕 | cài yàn | cai4 yan4 | agar-agar | | |
| 14 | 上菜秀 | 上菜秀 | shàng cài xiù | shang4 cai4 xiu4 | dinner show; dinner and floor show | | |
| 15 | 出菜秀 | 出菜秀 | chū cài xiù | chu1 cai4 xiu4 | dinner show; dinner and floor show | | |
| 16 | 韩式泡菜 | 韓式泡菜 | hán shì pào cài | Han2 shi4 pao4 cai4 | kimchi | | |
| 17 | 菜板 | 菜板 | cài bǎn | cai4 ban3 | chopping board; cutting board; Classifiers: 张 | | |
| 18 | 菠菜 | 菠菜 | bō cài | bo1 cai4 | spinach; Classifiers: 棵 | | |
| 19 | 冰菜 | 冰菜 | bīng cài | bing1 cai4 | ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) | | |
| 20 | 做菜 | 做菜 | zuò cài | zuo4 cai4 | to cook; cooking | | |
| 21 | 菜单条 | 菜單條 | cài dān tiáo | cai4 dan1 tiao2 | menu bar (of a computer application) | | |
| 22 | 白屈菜 | 白屈菜 | bái qū cài | bai2 qu1 cai4 | greater celandine | | |
| 23 | 白菜价 | 白菜價 | bái cài jià | bai2 cai4 jia4 | lit. cabbage price; low price | | |
| 24 | 菜墩子 | 菜墩子 | cài dūn zi | cai4 dun1 zi5 | chopping board | | |
| 25 | 菜瓜 | 菜瓜 | cài guā | cai4 gua1 | snake melon; loofah | | |