菜
cài
HSK level: HSK 1
Meaning
vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor; (coll.) (one's) type
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Examples
他是我的菜!
tā shì wǒ de cài!
He is my type!
她是我的菜。
tā shì wǒ de cài。
She's my type.
泰国菜怎么样？
Tài guó cài zěn me yàng？
How about Thai food?
Words with this character
蔬菜 shū cài vegetables菜单 cài dān menu白菜 bái cài Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage菜市场 cài shì chǎng food market菠菜 bō cài spinach菜刀 cài dāo vegetable knife菜肴 cài yáo vegetable and meat dishes点菜 diǎn cài to order dishes生菜 shēng cài lettuce小菜一碟 xiǎo cài yī dié a small appetizerA菜 A cài A-choy, or Taiwanese lettuce川菜 Chuān cài Sichuan or Szechuan cuisine徽菜 Huī cài Anhui cuisine鲁菜 Lǔ cài Shandong cuisine闽菜 Mǐn cài Fujian cuisine苏菜 Sū cài Jiangsu cuisine台菜 Tái cài Taiwanese food湘菜 Xiāng cài Hunan cuisine扬菜 Yáng cài Jiangsu cuisine粤菜 Yuè cài Cantonese cuisine浙菜 Zhè cài Zhejiang cuisine包菜 bāo cài cabbage冰菜 bīng cài ice plant