cài

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Definitions

  1. 1. dish (type of food)
  2. 2. vegetable
  3. 3. cuisine
  4. 4. (coll.) (one's) type
  5. 5. (of one's skills etc) weak
  6. 6. poor

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Words Containing 菜

白菜
bái cài

Chinese cabbage

菜单
cài dān

menu

菜市场
cài shì chǎng

food market

蔬菜
shū cài

vegetables

上下文菜单
shàng xià wén cài dān

context menu (computing)

上海白菜
shàng hǎi bái cài

baby bok choy

上菜
shàng cài

to serve food

上菜秀
shàng cài xiù

dinner show

下酒菜
xià jiǔ cài

a dish that goes well with alcoholic drinks

中国菜
zhōng guó cài

Chinese cuisine

主菜
zhǔ cài

main course

干菜
gān cài

dried vegetable

什菜
shí cài

mixed vegetables

做菜
zuò cài

to cook

八大菜系
bā dà cài xì

the eight major cuisines of China, namely 川魯粵蘇浙閩湘徽|川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽[chuān lǔ yuè sū zhè mǐn xiāng huī]

冬菜
dōng cài

preserved dried cabbage or mustard greens

冰菜
bīng cài

ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)

凝花菜
níng huā cài

gelidiella, tropical and subtropical red algae

出菜
chū cài

(at a restaurant) to bring a dish to a customer

出菜秀
chū cài xiù

dinner show

剩菜
shèng cài

leftovers (food)

包心菜
bāo xīn cài

cabbage

包菜
bāo cài

cabbage

卷心菜
juǎn xīn cài

cabbage

台菜
tái cài

Taiwanese food

名菜
míng cài

famous dishes

国菜
guó cài

national food specialty

圆白菜
yuán bái cài

round white cabbage (i.e. Western cabbage)

堇菜
jǐn cài

violet (botany)

塌棵菜
tā kē cài

Brassica narinosa (broadbeaked mustard)

大白菜
dà bái cài

bok choy

奶油菜花
nǎi yóu cài huā

creamed cauliflower

娃娃菜
wá wa cài

baby Chinese cabbage (mini-sized variety)

家常菜
jiā cháng cài

home cooking

家乡菜
jiā xiāng cài

regional dish

宝塔菜
bǎo tǎ cài

Chinese artichoke

小白菜
xiǎo bái cài

bok choy

小菜
xiǎo cài

appetizer

小菜一碟
xiǎo cài yī dié

a small appetizer

川菜
chuān cài

Sichuan or Szechuan cuisine

德国酸菜
dé guó suān cài

sauerkraut

徽菜
huī cài

Anhui cuisine

招牌菜
zhāo pái cài

signature dish

拿手菜
ná shǒu cài

specialty (dish)

扬菜
yáng cài

Jiangsu cuisine

捡到篮里就是菜
jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài

all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)

择菜
zhái cài

to pick the edible part of vegetables

摊黄菜
tān huáng cài

(dialect) scrambled eggs

时菜
shí cài

seasonal vegetable

晕菜
yūn cài

(dialect) to get confused

本帮菜
běn bāng cài

Shanghainese food

格兰菜
gé lán cài

see 芥藍|芥蓝[gài lán]

椰菜
yē cài

cabbage; broccoli; cauliflower

椰菜花
yē cài huā

cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)

榨菜
zhà cài

hot pickled mustard tuber

歇菜
xiē cài

Stop it! (Beijing and Internet slang)

水蕹菜
shuǐ wèng cài

water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia

油菜
yóu cài

oilseed rape (Brassica napus)

油菜籽
yóu cài zǐ

oilseed rape (Brassica campestris)

油麦菜
yóu mài cài

Indian lettuce

泡菜
pào cài

pickled cabbage

洋白菜
yáng bái cài

cabbage (round cabbage most commonly found in Western countries)

洋菜
yáng cài

agar

洋香菜
yáng xiāng cài

parsley

浙菜
zhè cài

Zhejiang cuisine

湘菜
xiāng cài

Hunan cuisine

卤菜
lǔ cài

pot-stewed dish

灰菜
huī cài

fat hen (Chenopodium album), edible annual plant

炒菜
chǎo cài

to stir-fry

炒菠菜
chǎo bō cài

stir-fried spinach

乌塌菜
wū tā cài

rosette bok choy (Brassica rapa var. rosularis)

熟菜
shú cài

cooked food (ready to eat)

烧菜
shāo cài

to cook

燕菜精
yàn cài jīng

agar-agar powder

牛皮菜
niú pí cài

chard (Beta vulgaris), a foliage beet

特价菜
tè jià cài

restaurant special

瓜菜
guā cài

fruit and vegetables

甘蓝菜
gān lán cài

cabbage

甜菜
tián cài

beet

生菜
shēng cài

lettuce

番菜
fān cài

foreign food

白屈菜
bái qū cài

greater celandine

白菜价
bái cài jià

lit. cabbage price

白菜豆
bái cài dòu

white kidney beans

皇帝菜
huáng dì cài

see 茼蒿[tóng hāo]

看菜吃饭
kàn cài chī fàn

lit. to eat depending on the dish (idiom)

看菜吃饭,量体裁衣
kàn cài chī fàn , liàng tǐ cái yī

lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom)

石花菜
shí huā cài

Gelidium amansii, species of red algae from which agar is extracted

秋菜
qiū cài

autumn vegetables

空心菜
kōng xīn cài

see 蕹菜[wèng cài]

端菜
duān cài

to serve food

粤菜
yuè cài

Cantonese cuisine

红牛皮菜
hóng niú pí cài

chard (Beta vulgaris), a foliage beet

红菜头
hóng cài tóu

beet

红头菜
hóng tóu cài

beetroot

素菜
sù cài

vegetable dish

紫菜
zǐ cài

edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori

紫菜包饭
zǐ cài bāo fàn

gimbap, aka kimbap (Korean dish made by rolling up steamed rice and other ingredients in a sheet of nori)

紫菜属
zǐ cài shǔ

Porphyra (genus of edible seaweed)

紫菜苔
zǐ cài tái

purple cabbage

绿花椰菜
lǜ huā yē cài

broccoli

绿花菜
lǜ huā cài

broccoli

绿菜花
lǜ cài huā

broccoli

老虎菜
lǎo hǔ cài

\Tiger Vegetable Salad

芥菜
jiè cài

leaf mustard (Brassica juncea)

芥菜籽
jiè cài zǐ

mustard seed

花椰菜
huā yē cài

cauliflower

花菜
huā cài

cauliflower

芹菜
qín cài

celery (Apium graveolens)

苣荬菜
qǔ mǎi cài

endive

苦菜花
kǔ cài huā

Bitter Cauliflower, 1954 socialist realist novel by Feng Deying 馮德英|冯德英[féng dé yīng] loosely based on Maxim Gorky's Mother, made into a 1967 film by Li Ang

苦荬菜
kǔ mǎi cài

Ixeris denticulata

荇菜
xìng cài

yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)

苋菜
xiàn cài

amaranth greens (genus Amaranthus)

菜刀
cài dāo

vegetable knife

菜包子
cài bāo zi

steamed bun stuffed with vegetables

菜单条
cài dān tiáo

menu bar (of a computer application)

菜单栏
cài dān lán

menu bar (computing)

菜圃
cài pǔ

vegetable field

菜园
cài yuán

vegetable garden

菜地
cài dì

vegetable field

菜场
cài chǎng

food market

菜墩子
cài dūn zi

chopping board

菜市
cài shì

food market

菜式
cài shì

dish (food prepared according to a specific recipe)

菜心
cài xīn

choy sum

菜板
cài bǎn

chopping board

菜油
cài yóu

rapeseed oil

菜燕
cài yàn

agar-agar

菜牛
cài niú

beef cattle (grown for meat)

菜瓜
cài guā

snake melon

菜畦
cài qí

vegetable field

菜篮子
cài lán zi

vegetable or food basket

菜籽
cài zǐ

vegetable seeds

菜系
cài xì

(regional) cuisine

菜脯
cài pú

dried, pickled white radish

菜色
cài sè

dish

菜花
cài huā

cauliflower

菜茹
cài rú

greens

菜蔬
cài shū

greens

菜谱
cài pǔ

menu (in restaurant)

菜豆
cài dòu

kidney bean

菜农
cài nóng

vegetable farmer

菜鸡
cài jī

(slang) total noob

菜头
cài tóu

radish

菜肴
cài yáo

vegetable and meat dishes; dish

菜馆
cài guǎn

(dialect) restaurant

菜鸟
cài niǎo

(coll.) sb new to a particular subject

菠菜
bō cài

spinach

荤菜
hūn cài

non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc)

莼菜
chún cài

Brasenia schreberi

蒲菜
pú cài

edible rhizome of cattail 香蒲[xiāng pú]

蓊菜
wěng cài

see 蕹菜[wèng cài]

盖菜
gài cài

leaf mustard

蕨菜
jué cài

fiddlehead

蕹菜
wèng cài

water spinach

蕺菜
jí cài

Houttuynia cordata

荠菜
jì cài

shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

藤菜
téng cài

see 蕹菜[wèng cài]

苏菜
sū cài

Jiangsu cuisine

萝卜白菜,各有所爱
luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài

(idiom) one man's meat is another man's poison; to each his own

萝卜青菜,各有所爱
luó bo qīng cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài

see 蘿蔔白菜,各有所愛|萝卜白菜,各有所爱[luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài]

蚕菜
cán cài

Malabar spinach (Basella alba)

裙带菜
qún dài cài

wakame (Undaria pinnatifida), an edible seaweed

西洋菜
xī yáng cài

watercress (Nasturtium officinale)

豆瓣菜
dòu bàn cài

watercress (Nasturtium officinale)

豆芽菜
dòu yá cài

bean sprouts

通心菜
tōng xīn cài

see 蕹菜[wèng cài]

通菜
tōng cài

see 蕹菜[wèng cài]

酒菜
jiǔ cài

food and drink

酸菜
suān cài

pickled vegetables, especially Chinese cabbage

野菜
yě cài

wild herb

开胃菜
kāi wèi cài

starter

闽菜
mǐn cài

Fujian cuisine

雪菜
xuě cài

see 雪裡蕻|雪里蕻[xuě lǐ hóng]

青江菜
qīng jiāng cài

bok choy

青花椰菜
qīng huā yē cài

broccoli

青花菜
qīng huā cài

broccoli

青菜
qīng cài

green vegetables

面有菜色
miàn yǒu cài sè

to look famished

韩国泡菜
hán guó pào cài

kimchi

韩式泡菜
hán shì pào cài

kimchi

韭菜
jiǔ cài

garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives

韭菜花
jiǔ cài huā

chives (Allium tuberosum)

预制菜
yù zhì cài

ready-made meal

饭菜
fàn cài

food

香菜
xiāng cài

coriander

香菜叶
xiāng cài yè

coriander leaf

高丽菜
gāo lí cài

cabbage

发菜
fà cài

long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae

鱼生火,肉生痰,青菜豆腐保平安
yú shēng huǒ , ròu shēng tán , qīng cài dòu fu bǎo píng ān

fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy

鲁菜
lǔ cài

Shandong cuisine

鲜菜
xiān cài

fresh vegetable

咸菜
xián cài

salted vegetables

黄花菜
huáng huā cài

citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni)

黄花菜都凉了
huáng huā cài dōu liáng le

fig. to arrive late

点菜
diǎn cài

to order dishes (in a restaurant)

龙须菜
lóng xū cài

asparagus