Rank 1234IntermediateHanziDB frequency list + CC-CEDICT

菜 - cài

vegetables; dish, order; food

vegetables; dish, order; food

How to read 菜

Click 菜 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyincài
Englishvegetables; dish, order; food
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

菜刀 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 菜品. Please read 菜单 one more time.

Common words with this character

vegetable knife; kitchen knife; cleaver
culinary dish
menu; CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]
vegetable field; vegetable bed

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 菜 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 菜刀 and 菜品 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 菜.