Keyword
dish
- vegetables
- order
- food
- Frequency
- #1211
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
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Mnemonic
艹 (plant) gives the meaning and 采 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
菜
vegetable; greens (CL:棵 (kē)); dish (of food) (CL:样 (yàng),道 (dào),盘 (pán)); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor; (coll.) (one's) type
蔬菜
vegetables
菜单
menu
菜肴
vegetable and meat dishes; dish
菠菜
spinach (CL:棵 (kē)); (slang) gambling; gambler (alternative term for 博彩 (bócǎi))
白菜
Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis)
菜鸟
(coll.) sb new to a particular subject; rookie; beginner; newbie
饭菜
food
泡菜
pickled cabbage
紫菜
edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori
菜刀
vegetable knife; kitchen knife; cleaver
榨菜
hot pickled mustard tuber
甜菜
(sugar) beet; (US) beet; (UK) beetroot
油菜
oilseed rape (Brassica napus); rape greens; leafy greens of certain Brassica species; (dialect) bok choy
做菜
to cook; cooking
野菜
wild herb; potherb
韭菜
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives; (coll.) naive or easily exploited people (esp. small investors or consumers), likened to chives that can be repeatedly harvested for profit
点菜
to order dishes (in a restaurant)
菜园
vegetable garden
青菜
green vegetables; Chinese cabbage
炒菜
to stir-fry; to do the cooking; stir-fried dish
菜市场
food market
菜谱
menu (in restaurant); recipe; cookbook
买菜
to buy groceries