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菜
cài
Main
English Definitiondish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
Simplified Script菜
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyincài
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄘㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)coi3
Part of Speech(名) noun
Measure Words盘, 道
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=1 TOCFL=2

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Words With Same Head Word    
菜单càidānmenu
菜刀càidāovegetable knife; kitchen knife; cleaver
菜肴càiyáovegetable and meat dishes; dish
菜市场càishì chǎngfood market
菜场càichǎngfood market
Words With Same Tail Word    
青菜qīngcàigreen vegetables; Chinese cabbage
蔬菜shūcàivegetables
白菜báicàiChinese cabbage; pak choi
菠菜bōcàispinach; (slang) alternative term for 博彩, lottery
油菜yóucàioilseed rape (Brassica napus); flowering edible rape (Brassica chinensis var. oleifera)
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