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菜 (cài): vegetable, dish

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HSK 1noun

Character info

Pinyin
Meaning: vegetable, dish
Characters: 1
Part of speech: noun
HSK level: HSK 1
Strokes: 11
Radical: 艹
Structure: 上下结构

Full definitions

vegetable
greens
dish (of food)
(of ones skills etc) weak
poor
(coll.) (ones) type
vegetable
greens
(colloquial) weak
poor
(not standard) one's type

Chinese explanation

可以吃的草本植物，如白菜、菠菜
也指经过烹调的蔬菜、肉类等食物，如做菜、中国菜。

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Example sentences

I go to the vegetable market to buy fresh vegetables.

This dish is really delicious!

He is too weak at playing games.

The menu has many kinds of dishes.

I don't like eating lettuce.

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