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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
tray / plate / dish / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盤* | 盤* | *盤
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
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
pan mee, aka banmian, a Hakka noodle soup dish, popular in Malaysia
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *餸* | 餸* | *餸
dish of food, usu. to be eaten with rice (Cantonese)
lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients
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
signature dish / a restaurant’s most famous dish
(dialect) meaty dish
specialty (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
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
Mongolian hot pot / instant-boiled mutton (dish)
green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish
Petri dish
cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis) / lotus / foo yung (Chinese dish similar to an omelet)
vegetable dish
cold dish / cold food
liangpi (noodle-like dish)
non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc)
dry pot, a type of dish in which ingredients are wok-fried, then served hot in a clay pot or on a metal pan
oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
vegetable and meat dishes; dish
noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack
tiger salad, a northeast China dish usually consisting of hot pepper, cucumber, cilantro and leek
oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
parabolic heater; heat dish
dish containing a variety of meats and vegetables arranged in a broth in a clay pot / chafing dish
char kway teow (stir-fried flat rice noodles, a Southeast Asian dish)
to stir-fry / to do the cooking / stir-fried dish
hot pot containing stinky tofu and other ingredients (Taiwanese dish)
side dish
dish consisting of stir-fried potato, eggplant and green pepper
General Tso's chicken, a deep-fried chicken dish
pot-stewed dish
dish (food prepared according to a specific recipe)
lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom) / fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
stir-fried dish (Tw)
food / dish / meal
dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
naengmyeon (Korean dish based on cold noodles in soup)
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)
omurice, Japanese dish consisting of an omelet wrapped around fried rice and often topped with ketchup
lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom) / fig. two hearts beating as one / name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish
hot pot / a dish where thinly sliced meat and vegetables are boiled briefly in a broth and then served with dipping sauces
lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances
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")
greens / vegetables / vegetable side dish
lit. to eat depending on the dish (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances
to eat one's rice with an accompanying dish (to make the rice more palatable) / (of a dish) to go well with rice
side dish; side order
pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang) / pilau
pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang)
cold dish / appetizer
chop suey (American Chinese dish)
brain (served as a culinary dish)
dish rack
gimbap, aka kimbap (Korean dish made by rolling up steamed rice and other ingredients in a sheet of nori)
(dialect) minced or diced meat (as part of a dish)
egg pancake (thin pancake rolled up with omelet inside, popular in Taiwan as a breakfast dish)
offal / cooked minced offal / chop suey (American Chinese dish) / incoherent (information) / (derog.) asshat / jerk
yakitori, a Japanese dish of skewered grilled chicken
chawanmushi, Japanese savory egg custard dish that is steamed and served in a small bowl
culinary dish
hot and sour noodles (Sichuan-origin dish made with starch-based noodles)
Petri dish / test dish / trial slide
haggis (a Scottish dish) (loanword)
mixed dish of the food left over from a banquet
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *皿* | 皿* | *皿
(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container / radical no. 108
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)
Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡
side dish
dishes / the food in a dish
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *碟* | 碟* | *碟
dish / plate
dish / lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet) / emaciated look (from malnutrition)
"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
laziji, spicy dish of chicken cubes stir-fried with chili peppers
vegetable noodle dish
pork-leg rice – either a Guangdong (Chaozhou-Shantou) specialty of braised pork leg over rice or the Thai-Chinese dish "khao kha mu"
Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar
saucepan lid / (satellite) dish
dish cloth / tea towel
dish dryer
drunken shrimp (Chinese dish based on shrimps marinated in Chinese wine)
liangfen (Chinese dish) / grass jelly (Chinese dish)
regional dish / local cuisine
fish maw / a food dish made from the swim bladder of fish
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *楪* | 楪* | *楪
small dish / window
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鮓* | 鮓* | *鮓
salted fish / dish made with ground vegetables, flour and other condiments


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