菜 (cài): Vegetable — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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Level 1

HSK 3.0:Recognition 1

HSK 2.0Level 1

HSK 3.0Vocab 1 Recognition 1

1.

Animated Stroke Order 菜

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 菜

3.

Character Breakdown

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菜

艹grass

采pick

菜=

4.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 菜

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5.

How to Use 菜

Food and vegetable words

In food and dining words, 菜 (cài) refers to vegetables, menu items, or dishes.

HSK 3

6.

Example Sentences

duō多

chī吃

shū蔬

cài菜

duì对

shēn身

tǐ

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艹grass

+采pick

Plants (艹) picked (采) for eating — vegetables, harvested from the fields for meals.

cài菜

dān单

menu

HSK 5

shū蔬

cài菜

vegetables

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

cài菜

yáo肴

Conjecture

体

hǎo好

。

Eating more vegetables is good for health.

mā妈

ma妈

mǎi买

le了

hěn很

duō多

cài菜

。

Mom bought a lot of vegetables.

wǒ我

xǐ喜

huan欢

chī吃

zhè这

zhǒng种

cài菜

。

I like to eat this kind of vegetable.

wǒ我

měi每

tiān天

zǎo早

shàng上

qù去

shì市

chǎng场

mǎi买

cài菜

。

I go to the market to buy groceries every morning.

qǐng请

gěi给

wǒ我

kàn看

yí一

xià下

cài菜

dān单

。

Please show me the menu.

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