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菜 (cài): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 1

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1.

Animated Stroke Order 菜

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2.

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3.

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菜=艹grass+采pick

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

4.

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 菜

HSK words that contain this character.

菜单

cài dān

menu

蔬菜

shū cài

vegetables

小菜一碟

6.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 菜 is used in context

duō多

chī吃

shū蔬

cài菜

duì对

shēn身

tǐ

Information

Pinyincài

Meaningvegetable

Strokes11

Radical艹

Traditional菜

StructureTop-Bottom

Frequency#203

Zhuyinㄘㄞˋ

UnicodeU+83DC

CangjieTBD

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xiǎo cài yī dié

a piece of cake

HSK 3.0 L7-9

菜肴

cài yáo

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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