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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *菜* | 菜* | *菜
vegetable; greens (CL:) / dish (of food) (CL:樣|样,,盤|盘) / (of one's skills etc) weak; poor / (coll.) (one's) type
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盘* | 盘* | *盘
tray; plate; dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check; to examine; to investigate / to transfer; to sell (property) / to shift; to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
HSK 4
tray / plate / dish / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
liangpi (noodle-like dish)
way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
dish that goes well with alcoholic drinks; snack eaten with drinks
oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
to eat one's rice with an accompanying dish (to make the rice more palatable) / (of a dish) to go well with rice
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *梗* | 梗* | *梗
branch / stem / stalk / CL: / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from , initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc)
saucer / small dish / CL: 盤|盘
Petri dish
two-item combo (usu. referring to a food dish, esp. two types of meat served with rice or noodles) / (real estate) duplex; semi-detached / (computing) double pinyin (input method in which each syllable is typed using no more than two keystrokes: one for the initial consonant and one for the final)
signature dish / a restaurant’s most famous dish
(dialect) meaty dish
specialty (dish)
pot-stewed dish
household dish, implement or furniture / domestic animal / (coll.) guy / chap / weapon
HSK 7-9
pressed tofu; dried tofu (ingredient of Chinese cuisine made by pressing, drying and flavoring tofu to produce a firm chewy block, typically cut into thin strips when preparing a dish)
popular Sichuan cold dish made of thinly sliced beef and beef offal
offal / cooked minced offal / chop suey (American Chinese dish) / incoherent (information) / (derog.) asshat / jerk
appetizer / small side dish / easy job / piece of cake / see also 小菜一碟
(at a restaurant) to bring a dish to a customer / to serve food
(of a restaurant etc) to serve the meal; to dish out the food
pan mee, aka banmian, a Hakka noodle soup dish, popular in Malaysia
yakitori, a Japanese dish of skewered grilled chicken
parabolic heater; heat dish
char kway teow (stir-fried flat rice noodles, a Southeast Asian dish)
noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack
cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis) / lotus / foo yung (Chinese dish similar to an omelet)
drunken shrimp (Chinese dish based on shrimps marinated in Chinese wine)
vegetable dish
cold dish / cold food
stir-fried dish (Tw)
saucepan lid / (satellite) dish
regional dish / local cuisine
gimbap, aka kimbap (Korean dish made by rolling up steamed rice and other ingredients in a sheet of nori)
tiger salad, a northeast China dish usually consisting of hot pepper, cucumber, cilantro and leek
"ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝 and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree) / (sex position) man standing, woman clinging to his upper body / (erotic massage) full-body licking
lit. to eat depending on the dish (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances
naengmyeon (Korean dish based on cold noodles in soup)
to stir-fry / to do the cooking / stir-fried dish
food / dish / meal
oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
General Tso's chicken, a deep-fried chicken dish
non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc)
side dish
egg pancake (thin pancake rolled up with omelet inside, popular in Taiwan as a breakfast dish)
dish (food prepared according to a specific recipe)
dish consisting of stir-fried potato, eggplant and green pepper
Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡
dish containing a variety of meats and vegetables arranged in a broth in a clay pot / chafing dish
lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients
rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnished (Taiwanese dish, originally prepared by stuffing rice into bamboo tubes and steaming them)
green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish
incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables
(Tw) heibaiqie, side dish of ingredients selected from a range on display, sliced up and served together on a plate (from Taiwanese 烏白切, Tai-lo pr. [oo-pe̍h-tshiat], where 烏白 means "as one pleases")
dry pot, a type of dish in which ingredients are wok-fried, then served hot in a clay pot or on a metal pan
lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom) / fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
liangfen (Chinese dish) / grass jelly (Chinese dish)
greens / vegetables / vegetable side dish
pork-leg rice – either a Guangdong (Chaozhou-Shantou) specialty of braised pork leg over rice or the Thai-Chinese dish "khao kha mu"
dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
side dish; side order
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鲊* | 鲊* | *鲊
salted fish / dish made with ground vegetables, flour and other condiments
cold dish / appetizer
dish rack
dishes / the food in a dish
Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar
(dialect) minced or diced meat (as part of a dish)
pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang)
chawanmushi, Japanese savory egg custard dish that is steamed and served in a small bowl
omurice, Japanese dish consisting of an omelet wrapped around fried rice and often topped with ketchup
dish of food, usu. to be eaten with rice (Cantonese)
lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom) / fig. two hearts beating as one / name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish
brain (served as a culinary dish)
culinary dish
hot and sour noodles (Sichuan-origin dish made with starch-based noodles)
mixed dish of the food left over from a banquet
lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances
vegetable noodle dish
Petri dish / test dish / trial slide
haggis (a Scottish dish) (loanword)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *皿* | 皿* | *皿
(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container / radical no. 108
dish dryer
fish maw / a food dish made from the swim bladder of fish
laziji, spicy dish of chicken cubes stir-fried with chili peppers
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *碟* | 碟* | *碟
dish / plate
dish / lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet) / emaciated look (from malnutrition)
hot pot containing stinky tofu and other ingredients (Taiwanese dish)
pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang) / pilau
vegetable and meat dishes; dish
side dish
dish cloth / tea towel
chop suey (American Chinese dish)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *楪* | 楪* | *楪
small dish / window


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