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蔬菜 (shū cài): Vegetables (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

蔬 • shū • vegetables; edible plants
shū蔬

vegetables; edible plants

菜 • cài • vegetable • HSK 2.0 L1
HSK 1
cài菜

vegetable

Word Info

Pinyinshū cài
Meaningvegetables
Characters2
SyntaxNoun
4.

How to Use 蔬菜 in Sentences

Verb + Object
chī吃
shū蔬
cài菜
neutral
eat vegetables
zhòng种
shū蔬
cài菜
neutral
grow vegetables
Measure Word + Nounwith斤
yī一
jīn斤
shū蔬
cài菜
Noun + Nounwith水果
shū蔬
cài菜
shuǐ水
guǒ果
Adjective + Nounwith新鲜
xīn新
xiān鲜
shū蔬
cài菜
5.

Example Sentences with 蔬菜

wèi为
le了
bǎo保
chí持
yíng营
yǎng养
jūn

HSK 5 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 蔬菜.

  • 曾经céng jīngonce
  • 采取cǎi qǔto carry out; adopt; take
  • 导致dǎo zhìto cause; lead to; result in
  • 表达biǎo dáto voice (an opinion)
  • 促使cù shǐprecipitate; impel; to urge
  • 不然bù ránnot the case; otherwise
  • 词汇cí huìvocabulary; words and phrases
  • 打喷嚏dǎ pēn tìto sneeze
  • 办理bàn lǐdeal with; attend to; handle
  • 除非chú fēionly if; only when; unless
  • 保持bǎo chíto keep; hold; retain; maintain
  • 处理chǔ lǐto handle; deal with; manage
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 蔬菜.

Words with 菜
  • 菜单cài dānmenu
  • 菜肴cài yáoConjecture
  • 小菜一碟xiǎo cài yī diéa piece of cake
  • 上菜
neutral
one jin of vegetables
neutral
vegetables and fruits
neutral
fresh vegetables
均
héng衡
，
wǒ我
měi每
tiān天
dōu都
huì会
shè摄
rù入
zú足
liáng量
de的
shū蔬
cài菜
。
To maintain nutritional balance, I consume an adequate amount of vegetables every day.
nǐ你
nán难
dào道
bù不
jué觉
de得
zhè这
xiē些
yǒu有
jī机
shū蔬
cài菜
de的
kǒu口
gǎn感
tè特
bié别
qīng清
cuì脆
ma吗
？
Don't you think the texture of these organic vegetables is particularly crisp?
mā妈
ma妈
mǎi买
le了
xīn新
xiān鲜
de的
shū蔬
cài菜
。
Mom bought fresh vegetables.
yóu由
yú于
chǔ储
cún存
bù不
dāng当
，
bīng冰
xiāng箱
lǐ里
de的
bù部
fen分
shū蔬
cài菜
yǐ已
jīng经
bú不
zài再
xīn新
xiān鲜
le了
。
Due to improper storage, some of the vegetables in the refrigerator are no longer fresh.
duō多
chī吃
shū蔬
cài菜
duì对
shēn身
tǐ体
yǒu有
hǎo好
chù处
。
Eating more vegetables is good for your health.
shàng cài
to serve food
  • 主菜zhǔ càimain course; main dish
  • 做菜zuò càito cook (dishes)
  • 剩菜shèng càileftovers (food)
  • 咸菜xián càipickled vegetables