菜

The character "菜" has 11 strokes. "菜" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "菜" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "菜" are "cài" . View the stroke order of "菜">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "菜"

n.: vegetable; greens; rape; dish; course; edible wild herbs

adj.: lousy; poor quality; incompetent

• vegetable : n.蔬菜；植物人；生活单调少动者
• greens : n.绿叶蔬菜；（green的复数）
• rape : n.强奸；强奸罪；油菜；欧洲油菜；雷普；葡萄渣；蹂躏；破坏
• dish : n.碟；盘；性感的人；不为人知的消息；一般人得不到的消息；轮盘；一道菜；放在碟（或盘）中的食物；全部餐具；凹形容器
• course : n.课程；路线；路径；走向；航向；一道菜；跑马场；高尔夫球场；球场；比赛场地；系列；连续；层；追踪狩猎；横帆；大横帆；一组同音弦
• lousy : adj.糟糕的；劣等的；令人作呕的；多虱的；布满虱子的；该死的；卑鄙的；生病的；身体不好的；讨厌的
• poor quality : 质量差；品质低下；质量较差
• incompetent : adj.不胜任的；无资格的；无机能的

Form words with "菜"

三样菜 three dishes

时令菜 vegetables in season

落令菜 vegetables out of season

家乡菜 hometown food

放心菜 quality-assured vegetables

扬州菜 Yangzhou cuisine; Yangzhou style food

菜筐子 food basket

菜铲子 spatula

娃娃菜 baby Chinese cabbage ［a kind of small tender pakchoi］

一桌子菜 a tableful of dishes

沙拉装饰菜 salad garnish

擗菜叶子 strip off vegetable leaves

吃四道菜 have four courses

味道清淡的菜 lightly seasoned dishes

一道味同嚼蜡的菜 an insipid dish

令人馋涎欲滴的菜香 appetizing smell from the dish

把菜吃个精打光 eat up all the dishes

Example phrases using "菜"

• 再加一点儿料酒，这个菜就更香了。

  A few drops of cooking wine would make the dish even more delicious.

• 这种菜甜丝丝的，很好吃。

  This vegetable is kind of sweet, very nice to eat.

• 我口轻，别把菜做咸了。

  I don’t like salty food. Please don’t make my food too salty.

• 菜没洗干净，有些牙碜。

  The vegetables have not been washed properly. They seem gritty.

• 参差荇菜，左右芼之。

  Short and long the floating water plants, Left and right you may collect them.

• 这些菜都是四川口味。

  These are all Sichuan(-style) dishes.

• 今天我炒了两个菜。

  I cooked/made/prepared two dishes today.

• 尝味一下我做的菜。

  Have a taste of my cooking.

• 他的菜炒得还不赖。

  His cooking is fairly good. / He is a fairly good cook.

• 已经上了十二道菜。

  Twelve courses have been served.