菜

cài · cai

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. vegetable; greens (CL:棵 (kē))
  2. dish (of food) (CL:樣 / 样 (yàng),道 (dào),盤 / 盘 (pán))
  3. (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
  4. (coll.) (one's) type

In a sentence

2 examples
01

你(nǐ)想(xiǎng)吃(chī)法(fǎ)国(guó)菜(cài),日(rì)本(běn)菜(cài)还(hái)是(shi)中(zhōng)国(guó)菜(cài)?

Do you want to eat French, Japanese or Chinese food?

Tatoeba: Chinese by eastasiastudent · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

妈(mā)妈(ma)今(jīn)天(tiān)买(mǎi)的(de)菜(cài)很(hěn)新(xīn)鲜(xiān)。

The vegetables Mom bought today are very fresh.

Sources & licenses

How to write

Stroke order & practice

Choose a character to watch its strokes or trace it yourself.

Mainland China stroke order, including traditional characters. Drawing sources & licenses.

Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

More words starting with CExplore words in context