招牌菜 Chinese English dictionary 招牌菜 translate 招牌菜 pinyin

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招牌菜

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
招牌菜 zhāopáicài	招牌菜 \| 招牌菜* \| *招牌菜	signature dish / a restaurant’s most famous dish

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
招	招 \| 招* \| *招	8画手扌 + 5	zhāo, qiáo, sháo	beckon, summon; recruit, levy	ziu1	5706.2 QSHR


牌	牌 \| 牌* \| *牌	12画片 + 8	pái	signboard, placard	paai4	2604.0 LLHHJ


菜	菜 \| 菜* \| *菜	11画艸艹 + 8	cài	vegetables; dish, order; food	coi3	4490.4 TBD

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
招牌菜 zhāopáicài	招牌菜 \| 招牌菜* \| *招牌菜	signature dish / a restaurant’s most famous dish


招 zhāo	招 \| 招* \| *招	to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess


招牌 zhāopai	招牌 \| 招牌* \| *招牌	signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business


牌　pái	牌 \| 牌* \| *牌	signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊｜块) / brand; trademark / mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張｜张) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌｜词牌 and 曲牌)


菜　　cài	菜 \| 菜* \| *菜	vegetable; greens (CL:棵) / dish (of food) (CL:樣｜样,道,盤｜盘) / (of one's skills etc) weak; poor / (coll.) (one's) type