菜cài
❶ (能做副食品的植物;蔬菜) vegetable;greens: 青 ~ green vegetables;
咸 ~ pickles;
野 ~ edible wild herbs;~ 根(儿) (inedible) root of a vegetable;
种 ~ grow vegetables
❷ (泛指副食) (non-staple) food: 上街买 ~ go to the market to buy food
❸ (经过烹调的蔬菜、蛋品、肉类等副食品) dish;course: 川 ~ Sichuan dishes [cuisine];荤 [素] ~ meat [vegetable] dish;
一道 ~ a course;
做 ~ prepare the dishes;do the cooking;
小 ~ pickled vegetables;pickles
❹ (专指油菜): ~ 子 rapeseed;~ 油 rape oil
❺ (姓氏) a surname: ~ 丰 Cai Feng
另见 see also cǎi。
◆菜板 chopping board;
菜帮儿 outer leaves (of a cabbage,etc.);
菜场 [方] food [grocery;vegetable] market;market;
菜单 menu;bill of fare;
菜刀 kitchen knife;cook chopper;
菜地 vegetable plot;vegetable field;
菜豆 phaseolus vulgaris;kidney bean;pea bean;French bean;
菜瓜 cucumis melo var flexuosus;snake melon;serpent melon;
菜馆 [方] restaurant;
菜花 (花椰菜) cauliflower;(油菜花) rape flower;
菜窖 vegetable cellar;clamp;
菜篮子 basket for carrying vegetables and food items;non-staple food;
菜蓝子工程 “shopping basket”program;
菜牛 cattle raised for beef;beef cattle;steer;
菜农 vegetable grower;
菜圃 vegetable garden [farm];菜谱 (菜单) menu;(介绍菜肴制作方法的书) cookery- book;cookbook;
菜畦 vegetable garden;small sections of a vegetable plot;vegetable bed;
菜青 dark greyish green;
菜青虫 cabbage caterpillar;
菜色 pallor due to hunger;famished look;emaciated look;
菜市 food market;vegetable market;
菜蔬 vegetables;greens;dishes at a meal;
菜摊 vegetable stall;booth for vegetable;
菜汤 vegetable soup;
菜系 style of cooking;
菜心儿 heart (of a cabbage,etc.);
菜肴 cooked food [dishes] (usu. meat and fish dishes);food eaten along with rice;
菜油 rapeseed oil;rape oil;vegetable oil;
菜园 garden;vegetable [kitchen] garden;vegetable farm;
菜子 vegetable seeds;rapeseed