菜 (coi3 | cai4) : vegetables; dish

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菜

coi3

cai4

[1] [n] vegetables; greens [2] food eaten with rice or alcoholic drinks [3] [n] dish; course

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

菜

This word has been viewed 28803 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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菜子 coi3 zi2 cai4 zi3 = vegetable seeds

生菜 saang1 coi3 sheng1 cai4 = lettuce

菜刀 coi3 dou1 cai4 dao1 = chopper; kitchen knife

菜花 coi3 faa1 cai4 hua1 = cauliflower

西菜 sai1 coi3 xi1 cai4 = western food

中菜 zung1 coi3 zhong1 cai4 = chinese food

菜圃 coi3 pou2 cai4 pu3 = vegetable garden; vegetable farm

菜心 coi3 sam1 = choy sum (vegetable) 粵

芽菜 ngaa4 coi3 ya2 cai4 = bean sprouts; in Sichuan: preserved mustard green

白菜 baak6 coi3 bai2 cai4 = bok choy
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Showing all 3 examples containing 菜

唔食菜嘅小朋友唔准食甜品粵
Children who don't eat their vegetables aren't allowed to eat dessert.

我識煮正宗泰國菜。粵
I can cook authentic Thai food.
[[Lit.] I know (how) to cook authentic Thai food. ]

邊度有得食正宗嘅意大利菜？粵
Where can (one) finds authentic Italian food?
[[Lit.] where can/have authentic Italian food to be eaten?]

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Decimal representation of this word: 菜
Unicode code for this character: U+83DC (off-site link)

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