菜
Pinyin IPA [tsʰaɪ˥˩] Zhuyin
HSK 1 noun 名词 Book 1 · Lesson 6 freq #1448
Meaning
- noun 名词
- dish
- cuisine
A dish of food, or cooking/cuisine as a whole, and also vegetables in particular: 中国菜 is "Chinese food" and 做菜 is "to cook".
- 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
Measure Words
- 棵kē
- 样yàng
- 道dào
- 盘pán
Examples
| 请吃点菜。 | qǐng chī diǎn cài | Please eat something. |
| 她是我的菜。 | tā shì wǒ de cài | She's my type. |
| 你们有什么菜？ | nǐ men yǒu shén me cài | What kind of food do you have? |
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