| 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 | 菜园 | 菜園 | cài yuán | cai4 yuan2 | vegetable garden | | |
| 3 | 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") | | |
| 4 | 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) | | |
| 5 | 菜燕 | 菜燕 | cài yàn | cai4 yan4 | agar-agar | | |
| 6 | 菜肴 | 菜餚 | cài yáo | cai4 yao2 | vegetable and meat dishes; dish | | |
| 7 | 菜心 | 菜心 | cài xīn | cai4 xin1 | choy sum; Chinese flowering cabbage; stem of any Chinese cabbage | | |
| 8 | 菜系 | 菜係 | cài xì | cai4 xi4 | (regional) cuisine | | |
| 9 | 菜头 | 菜頭 | cài tóu | cai4 tou2 | (Tw) turnip; radish | | |
| 10 | 菜蔬 | 菜蔬 | cài shū | cai4 shu1 | greens; vegetables; vegetable side dish | | |
| 11 | 菜脯 | 菜脯 | cài pú | cai4 pu2 | dried, pickled white radish | | |
| 12 | 菜市口 | 菜市口 | cài shì kǒu | cai4 shi4 kou3 | Caishikou | | |
| 13 | 菜油 | 菜油 | cài yóu | cai4 you2 | rapeseed oil; canola oil | | |
| 14 | 菜市场 | 菜市場 | cài shì chǎng | cai4 shi4 chang3 | food market | | |
| 15 | 菜式 | 菜式 | cài shì | cai4 shi4 | food market; dish (food prepared according to a specific recipe) | | |
| 16 | 菜色 | 菜色 | cài sè | cai4 se4 | dish; lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet); emaciated look (from malnutrition) | | |
| 17 | 菜茹 | 菜茹 | cài rú | cai4 ru2 | greens; green vegetables | | |
| 18 | 菜畦 | 菜畦 | cài qí | cai4 qi2 | vegetable field; vegetable bed | | |
| 19 | 菜圃 | 菜圃 | cài pǔ | cai4 pu3 | menu (in restaurant); recipe; cookbook; vegetable field; vegetable bed | | |
| 20 | 菜籽 | 菜籽 | cài zǐ | cai4 zi3 | vegetable seeds; rapeseed | | |
| 21 | 菜豆 | 菜豆 | cài dòu | cai4 dou4 | kidney bean | | |
| 22 | 菜板 | 菜板 | cài bǎn | cai4 ban3 | chopping board; cutting board; Classifiers: 张 | | |
| 23 | 菜包子 | 菜包子 | cài bāo zi | cai4 bao1 zi5 | steamed bun stuffed with vegetables; (fig.) useless person; a good-for-nothing | | |
| 24 | 菜场 | 菜場 | cài chǎng | cai4 chang3 | food market | | |
| 25 | 菜单 | 菜單 | cài dān | cai4 dan1 | menu; Classifiers: 份 | | |