"Vegetable" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 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
 bù wèi part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc)
 cài yáo vegetable and meat dishes / dish
 cài dāo vegetable knife / kitchen knife / cleaver / CL:把[ba3]
 zhí wù yóu vegetable oil
 cài yuán vegetable garden
 zhí wù rén person in a vegetative state / human vegetable
 sù cài vegetable dish
 cài dì vegetable field
 cài lán zi vegetable or food basket / (fig.) food supply
 cài nóng vegetable farmer
 cài zǐ vegetable seeds / rapeseed
椿 xiāng chūn Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), deciduous tree whose young leaves are used as a vegetable
 kōng kǒu incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables
 xiān cài fresh vegetable
 gān cài dried vegetable
 cài shū greens / vegetables / vegetable side dish
 qīng yóu vegetable cooking oil
 cài pǔ vegetable field / vegetable bed
 dīng male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl
 cā to rub / to scratch / to wipe / to polish / to apply (lipstick, lotion etc) / to brush (past) / to shred (a vegetable etc)
 hūn strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc) / non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc) / vulgar / obscene
 qiàng to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc / to briefly stir-fry (meat, chopped spring onions etc), then add to other ingredients and cook further
 wèng water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia / Taiwan pr. [yong1]
 dàn huā tāng clear soup containing beaten egg and green leafy vegetable / eggdrop soup
 xīn li měi luó bo Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable
 shí cài seasonal vegetable
 zhí wù zhī fáng vegetable fat
 shuǐ wèng cài water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia
 rùn bǐng soft mixed vegetable and meat roll-up
 cǎ chuáng vegetable shredder / grater
 sù xiàn vegetable filling
 yún tái zǐ rape (Brassica campestris L.) / rapeseed plant / canola plant / a common vegetable with a dark green leaf / also called 油菜
 cài qí vegetable field / vegetable bed
 hūn sù meat and vegetable
 hūn xīn very pungent and spicy vegetable dishes (a common Buddhist term)
 suàn róng yóu cài Chinese vegetable in garlic sauce
 sù miàn vegetable noodle dish
  Asian Vegetable Research and Development Centre
 yè cài leaf vegetable / leafy greens
  vegetable oil crops
  Preparatory Meeting on Vegetable Oils and Oilseeds
 rùn bǐng soft mixed vegetable and meat roll-up
 xián a kind of vegetable
 gǔn dāo kuài chunks obtained by repeatedly cutting a vegetable diagonally and rotating the vegetable after each cut
 xiǎo yóu cài a type of rapeseed plant (Brassica rapa) that yields a leafy green vegetable similar to baby bok choy
 shuǐ jiān bāo pan-fried bun (covered and steamed after pan-frying), usually with pork or vegetable filling
绿 lu:4 yè cài leafy green vegetable / leafy greens
绿 lu:4 yè shū cài leafy green vegetable / leafy greens
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