Noviro
菜
HSK1
Simplified 菜
Traditional 菜
Pinyin cài
Definition vegetable; greens; dish (of food) (of one's skills etc.) weak; poor; (coll.) (one's) type
这道菜有点辣
Zhè dào cài yǒudiǎn là
This dish is a bit spicy
今晚你做菜还是吃外卖？
Jīnwǎn nǐ zuò cài háishì chī wàimài?
Tonight are you cooking or ordering takeout?
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菜单
cài dān
menu
HSK2
白菜
bái cài
Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis)
HSK3
蔬菜
shū cài
vegetables
HSK5
泡菜
pào cài
pickled cabbage
小菜
xiǎo cài
appetizer; small side dish; easy job; piece of cake
饭菜
fàn cài
food
点菜
diǎn cài
to order dishes (in a restaurant)
菠菜
bō cài
spinach (slang) gambling; gambler (alternative term for 博彩)