Chinese Word: 菜 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

菜HSK 1

Pinyin: cài

English Definition: dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; Classifiers: 盘 ,道 ; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor

Chinese Definition:
①供作副食品的植物：菜市。白菜。菠菜。野菜。蔬菜。面有菜色。
②主食以外的食品：菜牛。菜畜。菜肴。菜谱。名菜。

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 艸

Pictophonetic:采 indicates the sound; 艹 (plant) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
- 采 [ cǎi ] to collect, to gather; to pick, to pluck

Similar Characters: 彩睬踩萰

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蔬菜HSK 5	shū cài	vegetables; Classifiers: 种
饭菜	fàn cài	food
油菜	yóu cài	oilseed rape (Brassica napus); flowering edible rape (Brassica chinensis var. oleifera)
白菜HSK 2	bái cài	Chinese cabbage; pak choi; Classifiers: 棵
菜园	cài yuán	vegetable garden

1		wǒ 我 yào 要 qù 去 mǎi cài 买菜。 I'm going to buy some vegetables.
2		wài guó 外国 cài 菜 hěn 很 hǎo chī 好吃。 Foreign food is delicious.
3		shéi 谁 huì 会 zuò 做 zhōng guó cài 中国菜？ Who can cook Chinese food?
4		qǐng wèn 请问 yǒu 有 cài dān 菜单 ma 吗？ Do you have a menu, please?
5		wǒ 我 xiǎng 想 shì shì 试试 xīn 新 cài 菜。 I want to try the new dish.

1		wǒ 我 yào 要 qù 去 mǎi cài 买菜。 I'm going to buy some vegetables.
2		wài guó 外国 cài 菜 hěn 很 hǎo chī 好吃。 Foreign food is delicious.
3		shéi 谁 huì 会 zuò 做 zhōng guó cài 中国菜？ Who can cook Chinese food?
4		qǐng wèn 请问 yǒu 有 cài dān 菜单 ma 吗？ Do you have a menu, please?
5		wǒ 我 xiǎng 想 shì shì 试试 xīn 新 cài 菜。 I want to try the new dish.