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

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 菜

菜 stroke order diagram
3.

Character Breakdown

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菜
艹cǎo · grass
采cǎi · pick
菜=
4.

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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.

菜单 • cài dān • menu • HSK 3
HSK 3
6.

Example Sentences

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
艹cǎo · grass
+采cǎi · pick

The grass component connects this character to plants or plant-based things.

cài菜
dān单

menu

蔬菜 • shū cài • vegetables • HSK 5
HSK 5
shū蔬
cài菜

vegetables

菜肴 • cài yáo • Conjecture • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
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
shang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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  • 蔡càisurname; species of tortoise
  • 材cáimaterial, timber, raw material
  • 猜cāiguess
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  • 裁cáito cut, to reduce, to decide
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  • 蓑suōrain coat made of straw, coir, etc.
  • 苫shānrush or straw matting
  • 芥jièmustard plant; mustard; tiny
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