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菜

cài

vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])

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Meaning of 菜 in English

càiHSK 1nounSyllabus #16
  1. vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])
  2. dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2])
  3. (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
  4. (coll.) (one's) type

Example sentences

  1. 台灣菜比印度菜口味淡。
    tái wān cài bǐ yìn dù cài kǒu wèi dàn。
    Taiwanese food is milder than Indian food.
    Tatoeba #797034 by Martha · #275467 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 厨师每天准备不同的菜。
    chú shī měi tiān zhǔn bèi bù tóng de cài。
    The cook prepares different dishes every day.
    Tatoeba #466150 by fucongcong · #462664 by lukaszpp · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 汤姆好像很喜欢你做的菜。
    tāng mǔ hǎo xiàng hěn xǐ huān nǐ zuò de cài。
    Tom seemed to like your cooking.
    Tatoeba #10648738 by GlossaMatik · #6349547 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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HSK words with 菜

菜单HSK 3蔬菜HSK 5菜肴HSK 7–9小菜一碟HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences