食 用 shí yòng to eat / to consume / edible 可 吃 kě chī edible 可 食 kě shí edible 香 菇 xiāng gū shiitake (Lentinus edodes), an edible mushroom 食 盐 shí yán edible salt 油 菜 yóu cài oilseed rape (Brassica napus) / flowering edible rape (Brassica chinensis var. oleifera) 燕 窝 yàn wō edible bird's nest 紫 菜 zǐ cài flavored roasted seaweed / generic term for edible seaweed / Japanese: nori 黑 木 耳 hēi mù ěr Auricularia auricula-judae, an edible fungus 松 茸 sōng róng matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan 田 鸡 tián jī frog / the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus) 海 蜇 hǎi zhé Rhopilema esculenta, an edible jellyfish 蕨 菜 jué cài fiddlehead / edible fern fronds 茭 白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot 发 菜 fà cài long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae / also called faat choy or hair moss 裙 带 菜 qún dài cài wakame (Undaria pinnatifida), an edible seaweed 莼 chún edible water plant / Brasenia schreberi 菰 gū Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1 bai2 sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom 芴 wù fluorene C13H10 / (old) name of an edible wild plant 蓠 lí red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori / arch. used for vanilla-like herb 松 蘑 sōng mó matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan 灰 菜 huī cài fat hen (Chenopodium album), edible annual plant 择 菜 zhái cài to pick the edible part of vegetables 松 口 蘑 sōng kǒu mó matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan 松 菌 sōng jùn matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan 江 蓠 jiāng lí red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori 紫 菜 属 zǐ cài shǔ Porphyra (genus of edible seaweed) 豆 薯 dòu shǔ yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root 香 蕈 xiāng xùn shiitake (Lentinus edodes), an edible mushroom 蒲 菜 pú cài edible rhizome of cattail 香蒲[xiang1 pu2] 打 瓜 dǎ guā a smaller variety of watermelon, with big, edible seeds 食 菌 shí jùn edible mushroom 美 人 腿 měi rén tuǐ (Tw) (coll.) edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo 茭 白 笋 jiāo bái sǔn edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo 菱 角 líng jiao water caltrop (Trapa species), aquatic plant with edible seeds