"菜" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 菜 |  cài | 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 |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results beginning with 菜 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜单 | cài dān | menu / CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜鸟 | cài niǎo | (coll.) sb new to a particular subject / rookie / beginner / newbie | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜色 | cài sè | dish / lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet) / emaciated look (from malnutrition) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜肴 | cài yáo | vegetable and meat dishes / dish | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜谱 | cài pǔ | menu (in restaurant) / recipe / cookbook | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜刀 | cài dāo | vegetable knife / kitchen knife / cleaver / CL:把[ba3] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜系 | cài xì | (regional) cuisine | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜园 | cài yuán | vegetable garden | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜式 | cài shì | dish (food prepared according to a specific recipe) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜场 | cài chǎng | food market | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜花 | cài huā | cauliflower / gonorrhea | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜馆 | cài guǎn | (dialect) restaurant | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜地 | cài dì | vegetable field | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜油 | cài yóu | rapeseed oil / canola oil | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜农 | cài nóng | vegetable farmer | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜籽 | cài zǐ | vegetable seeds / rapeseed | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜心 | cài xīn | choy sum / Chinese flowering cabbage / stem of any Chinese cabbage | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜市 | cài shì | food market | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜蔬 | cài shū | greens / vegetables / vegetable side dish | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜豆 | cài dòu | kidney bean | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜瓜 | cài guā | snake melon / loofah | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜牛 | cài niú | beef cattle (grown for meat) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜圃 | cài pǔ | vegetable field / vegetable bed | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜板 | cài bǎn | chopping board / cutting board / CL:張|张[zhang1] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜脯 | cài fǔ | dried, pickled white radish | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜鸡 | cài jī | (slang) total noob | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜品 | cài pǐn | culinary dish | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜脯 | cài pú | dried, pickled white radish | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜畦 | cài qí | vegetable field / vegetable bed | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜茹 | cài rú | greens / green vegetables | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜头 | cài tóu | (Tw) radish, esp. white radish 白蘿蔔|白萝卜[bai2luo2bo5] / CL:根[gen1] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 菜燕 | cài yàn | agar-agar | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 菜市场 | cài shì chǎng | food market | |
| 菜单栏 | cài dān lán | menu bar (computing) | |
| 菜篮子 | cài lán zi | vegetable or food basket / (fig.) food supply | |
| 菜包子 | cài bāo zi | steamed bun stuffed with vegetables / (fig.) useless person / a good-for-nothing | |
| 菜单条 | cài dān tiáo | menu bar (of a computer application) | |
| 菜墩子 | cài dūn zi | chopping block | |
| 菜头粿 | cài tóu guǒ | stir-fried radish cake / chai tow kway | |
| 菜市场名 | cài shì chǎng míng | (Tw) popular given name (one that will turn many heads if you shout it at a marketplace) | |
| 菜市仔名 | cài shì zǐ míng | (Tw) popular given name (one that will turn many heads if you shout it at a marketplace) (from Taiwanese 菜市仔名, Tai-lo pr. [tshài-tshī-á-miâ], where 菜市仔 / means "marketplace") | |
Approximate Results for 菜 | ||||
| A菜 | A - cài | (Tw) A-choy, or Taiwanese lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. sativa) (from Taiwanese 萵仔菜, Tai-lo pr. [ue-á-tshài] or [e-á-tshài]) | | |
| A菜 | A cài | (Tw) A-choy, or Taiwanese lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. sativa) (from Taiwanese 萵仔菜, Tai-lo pr. [ue-á-tshài] or [e-á-tshài]) | | |
| 蔬菜 | shū cài | vegetables / CL:種|种[zhong3] | | |
| 饭菜 | fàn cài | food | | |
| 白菜 | bái cài | Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) / sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) / CL:棵[ke1],個|个[ge4] | | |
| 小菜 | xiǎo cài | appetizer / small side dish / easy job / piece of cake / see also 小菜一碟[xiao3 cai4 yi1 die2] | | |
| 青菜 | qīng cài | green vegetables / Chinese cabbage | | |
| 菠菜 | bō cài | spinach (CL:棵[ke1]) / (slang) gambling / gambler (alternative term for 博彩[bo2cai3]) | | |
| 泡菜 | pào cài | pickled cabbage | | |
| 川菜 | Chuān cài | Sichuan or Szechuan cuisine | | |
| 点菜 | diǎn cài | to order dishes (in a restaurant) | | |
| 芹菜 | qín cài | celery (Apium graveolens) | | |
| 买菜 | mǎi cài | to buy groceries | | |
| 韭菜 | jiǔ cài | garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives / (fig.) retail investors who lose their money to more experienced operators (i.e. they are "harvested" like garlic chives) | | |
| 酒菜 | jiǔ cài | food and drink / food to accompany wine | | |
| 油菜 | yóu cài | oilseed rape (Brassica napus) / rape greens / leafy greens of certain Brassica species / (dialect) bok choy | | |
| 做菜 | zuò cài | to cook / cooking | | |
| 炒菜 | chǎo cài | to stir-fry / to do the cooking / stir-fried dish | | |
| 野菜 | yě cài | wild herb / potherb | | |
| 香菜 | xiāng cài | coriander / cilantro / Coriandrum sativum | | |
| 酸菜 | suān cài | pickled vegetables, especially Chinese cabbage | | |
| 紫菜 | zǐ cài | edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori | | |
| 咸菜 | xián cài | salted vegetables / pickles | | |
| 名菜 | míng cài | famous dishes / specialty dishes | | |
| 粤菜 | Yuè cài | Cantonese cuisine | | |
| 生菜 | shēng cài | lettuce / raw fresh vegetables / greens | | |
| 上菜 | shàng cài | to serve food | | |
| 主菜 | zhǔ cài | main course | | |
| 素菜 | sù cài | vegetable dish | | |
| 榨菜 | zhà cài | hot pickled mustard tuber | | |
| 甜菜 | tián cài | (sugar) beet / (US) beet / (UK) beetroot | | |
| 剩菜 | shèng cài | leftovers (food) | | |
| 湘菜 | Xiāng cài | Hunan cuisine | | |
| 烧菜 | shāo cài | to cook | | |
| 芥菜 | jiè cài | leaf mustard (Brassica juncea) / also pr. [gai4cai4] | | |
| 荠菜 | jì cài | shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) | | |
| 晕菜 | yūn cài | (dialect) to get confused / to be dumbfounded / to get dizzy | | |
| 瓜菜 | guā cài | fruit and vegetables | | |
| 苋菜 | xiàn cài | amaranth greens (genus Amaranthus) / Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus) | | |
| 荤菜 | hūn cài | non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) | | |
| 花菜 | huā cài | cauliflower | | |
| 蕨菜 | jué cài | fiddlehead / edible fern fronds | | |
| 鲁菜 | Lǔ cài | Shandong cuisine | | |
| 冷菜 | lěng cài | cold dish / cold food | | |
| 鲜菜 | xiān cài | fresh vegetable | | |
| 干菜 | gān cài | dried vegetable | | |
| 发菜 | fà cài | long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae / also called faat choy or hair moss | | |
| 卤菜 | lǔ cài | pot-stewed dish | | |
| 包菜 | bāo cài | cabbage | | |
| 椰菜 | yē cài | cabbage / broccoli / cauliflower | | |
| 徽菜 | Huī cài | Anhui cuisine | | |
| 端菜 | duān cài | to serve food | | |
| 闽菜 | Mǐn cài | Fujian cuisine | | |
| 莼菜 | chún cài | water shield (Brasenia schreberi), an edible water plant | | |
| 冬菜 | dōng cài | preserved dried cabbage or mustard greens | | |
| 熟菜 | shú cài | cooked food (ready to eat) | | |
| 浙菜 | Zhè cài | Zhejiang cuisine | | |
| 冰菜 | bīng cài | ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) | | |
| 蚕菜 | cán cài | Malabar spinach (Basella alba) | | |
| 出菜 | chū cài | (at a restaurant) to bring a dish to a customer / to serve food | | |
| 番菜 | fān cài | (old) Western-style food / foreign food | | |
| 副菜 | fù cài | side dish / side order | | |
| 盖菜 | gài cài | leaf mustard | | |
| 国菜 | guó cài | national food specialty | | |
| 灰菜 | huī cài | fat hen (Chenopodium album), edible annual plant | | |
| 蕺菜 | jí cài | Houttuynia cordata | | |
| 堇菜 | jǐn cài | violet (botany) | | |
| 配菜 | pèi cài | side dish | | |
| 蒲菜 | pú cài | edible rhizome of cattail 香蒲[xiang1 pu2] | | |
| 前菜 | qián cài | appetizer / starter / hors d'oeuvre | | |
| 壳菜 | qiào cài | mussels (as food) | | |
| 秋菜 | qiū cài | autumn vegetables | | |
| 什菜 | shí cài | mixed vegetables | | |
| 时菜 | shí cài | seasonal vegetable | | |
| 苏菜 | Sū cài | Jiangsu cuisine | | |
| 台菜 | Tái cài | Taiwanese food | | |
| 藤菜 | téng cài | see 蕹菜[weng4 cai4] | | |
| 菾菜 | tián cài | variant of 甜菜[tian2 cai4] | | |
| 通菜 | tōng cài | see 蕹菜[weng4 cai4] | | |
| 瓮菜 | wèng cài | variant of 蕹菜[weng4 cai4] | | |
| 蓊菜 | wěng cài | see 蕹菜[weng4 cai4] | | |
| 蕹菜 | wèng cài | water spinach / ong choy / swamp cabbage / water convolvulus / water morning-glory / Ipomoea aquatica (botany) | | |
| 歇菜 | xiē cài | (dialect) to stop functioning | | |
| 莕菜 | xìng cài | Nymphoides | | |
| 荇菜 | xìng cài | yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum) | | |
| 雪菜 | xuě cài | see 雪裡蕻|雪里蕻[xue3 li3 hong2] | | |
| 洋菜 | yáng cài | agar | | |
| 扬菜 | Yáng cài | Jiangsu cuisine | | |
| 叶菜 | yè cài | leaf vegetable / leafy greens | | |
| 硬菜 | yìng cài | (dialect) meaty dish | | |
| 择菜 | zhái cài | to pick the edible part of vegetables | | |
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| 大白菜 | dà bái cài | Chinese cabbage / napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) / CL:棵[ke1] | |
| 家常菜 | jiā cháng cài | home cooking | |
| 小白菜 | xiǎo bái cài | bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) / CL:棵[ke1] | |
| 油菜籽 | yóu cài zǐ | oilseed rape (Brassica campestris) / rapeseed / coleseed | |
| 黄花菜 | huáng huā cài | citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni) / golden needles (its edible flower) | |
| 卷心菜 | juǎn xīn cài | variant of 卷心菜[juan3 xin1 cai4] | |
| 招牌菜 | zhāo pái cài | signature dish / a restaurant’s most famous dish | |
| 空心菜 | kōng xīn cài | see 蕹菜[weng4 cai4] | |
| 中国菜 | Zhōng guó cài | Chinese cuisine | |
| 花椰菜 | huā yē cài | cauliflower | |
| 高丽菜 | gāo lí cài | cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) (CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]) / Taiwan pr. [gao1li4cai4] | |
| 开胃菜 | kāi wèi cài | starter / appetizer | |
| 拿手菜 | ná shǒu cài | specialty (dish) | |
| 圆白菜 | yuán bái cài | round white cabbage (i.e. Western cabbage) | |
| 韭菜花 | jiǔ cài huā | chives (Allium tuberosum) | |
| 白菜价 | bái cài jià | (coll.) very low price / dirt cheap price | |
| 包心菜 | bāo xīn cài | cabbage | |
| 苦菜花 | Kǔ Cài huā | Bitter Herbs, 1958 novel by Feng Deying 馮德英|冯德英[Feng2 De2ying1], made into a film in 1965 | |
| 洋白菜 | yáng bái cài | cabbage (round cabbage most commonly found in Western countries) | |
| 金针菜 | jīn zhēn cài | day lily (Hemerocallis), used in Chinese medicine and cuisine | |
| 裙带菜 | qún dài cài | wakame (Undaria pinnatifida), an edible seaweed | |
| 白菜豆 | bái cài dòu | white kidney beans | |
| 白花菜 | bái huā cài | African spiderflower | |
| 白屈菜 | bái qū cài | greater celandine | |
| 宝塔菜 | bǎo tǎ cài | Chinese artichoke (Stachys affinis), perennial plant with an edible rhizome | |
| 本帮菜 | běn bāng cài | Shanghainese food | |
| 炒菠菜 | chǎo bō cài | stir-fried spinach | |
| 川菜厅 | chuān cài tīng | a Sichuan restaurant | |
| 出菜秀 | chū cài xiù | dinner show / dinner and floor show | |
| 大油菜 | dà yóu cài | oilseed rape (Brassica napus) | |
| 豆瓣菜 | dòu bàn cài | watercress (Nasturtium officinale) | |
| 豆芽菜 | dòu yá cài | bean sprouts | |
| 甘蓝菜 | gān lán cài | cabbage | |
| 格兰菜 | gé lán cài | see 芥藍|芥蓝[gai4 lan2] | |
| 红菜头 | hóng cài tóu | beet / beetroot / (dialect) carrot | |
| 红头菜 | hóng tóu cài | beetroot | |
| 皇帝菜 | huáng dì cài | see 茼蒿[tong2 hao1] | |
| 家乡菜 | jiā xiāng cài | regional dish / local cuisine | |
| 芥菜籽 | jiè cài zǐ | mustard seed | |
| 捲心菜 | juǎn xīn cài | variant of 卷心菜|卷心菜[juan3 xin1 cai4] | |
| 苣荬菜 | jù mǎi cài | endive / field sow-thistle / Sonchus brachyotus | |
| 莙荙菜 | jūn dá cài | chard (Beta vulgaris) | |
| 苦荬菜 | kǔ mǎi cài | Ixeris denticulata | |
| 老虎菜 | lǎo hǔ cài | tiger salad, a northeast China dish usually consisting of hot pepper, cucumber, cilantro and leek | |
| 龙须菜 | lóng xū cài | asparagus / (Tw) young shoots of the chayote vine 佛手瓜[fo2 shou3 gua1] | |
| 绿菜花 | lu:4 cài huā | broccoli | |
| 绿叶菜 | lu:4 yè cài | leafy green vegetable / leafy greens | |
| 绿花菜 | lu:4 huā cài | broccoli | |
| 梅干菜 | méi gān cài | salt-pickled sun-dried cabbage (or potherb mustard etc) | |
| 霉干菜 | méi gān cài | variant of 梅乾菜|梅干菜[mei2gan1cai4] | |
| 奶白菜 | nǎi bái cài | milk cabbage (aka "white bok choy" and various other names), a variety of bok choy | |
| 凝花菜 | níng huā cài | gelidiella, tropical and subtropical red algae | |
| 牛皮菜 | niú pí cài | chard (Beta vulgaris) | |
| 泡菜国 | Pào cài guó | (slang) South Korea | |
| 千屈菜 | qiān qū cài | purple loosestrife | |
| 切菜板 | qiē cài bǎn | cutting board / chopping board | |
| 麒麟菜 | qí lín cài | eucheuma, a type of red algae (used in TCM) | |
| 青花菜 | qīng huā cài | broccoli | |
| 青江菜 | qīng jiāng cài | bok choy / Shanghai pak choy / Chinese mustard (Brassica rapa Chinensis) | |
