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蔬菜shū cài
vegetable
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
蔬菜 | shūcài | |
1. n. vegetable; greens | ||
種zhòng植 蔬菜 - to plant vegetables | ||
綠葉 蔬菜 - leafy greens | ||
English > Chinese | ||
vegetable | ||
1. 名词. 蔬菜 | ||
2. 名词. 例如:baby bok choy, Chinese broccoli, eggplant, green onion, napa cabbage, water spinach, zuccini | ||
Components | ||
蔬 | shū | |
1. vegetables; greens | ||
菜 | cài | |
1. vegetable; greens | ||
(zh-co, 蔬菜, vegetables) | ||
(zh-co, 白菜, Chinese cabbage) | ||
(zh-co, 菠菜, spinach) | ||
2. (specifically, in compounds) rape; rapeseed (plant used for vegetable oil) | ||
3. (zh-co, 菜籽, rapeseed) | ||
4. (zh-co, 菜油, rapeseed oil) | ||
5. dish; course | ||
這 道 菜 很 對胃口。 - This dish is tasty. | ||
每 次 他 來 這兒r,他 都 點 同樣 的 菜。 - Whenever he comes to this place, he orders the same dish. | ||
我 在 考慮 我 晚飯 做 什麼 菜。 - I'm wondering what to cook for dinner. | ||
6. cuisine; (type of) food | ||
(zh-co, 川菜, Sichuan cuisine) | ||
(zh-co, 日本 菜, Japanese food) | ||
7. grocery | ||
(zh-co, 買菜, to buy groceries) | ||
(zh-co, 菜市場, farmers' market) | ||
8. (colloquial) (one's) type; cup of tea | ||
他 是 我 的 菜! - He is my type! | ||
9. (colloquial) bad; inferior; disappointing; below average | ||
(zh-co, 菜鳥, noob) | ||
我 好 菜 啊。 - I'm so inferior to others. | ||
菜 英文 - poor English (pun on the name of Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen) | ||
10. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) girlfriend | ||
Cai; Tsai | ||
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shū cài
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