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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
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	HSK 1


白菜 báicài	白菜 \| 白菜* \| *白菜	Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) / sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) / CL: 棵, 個｜个	HSK 3


蔬菜 shūcài	蔬菜 \| 蔬菜* \| *蔬菜	vegetables / CL: 種｜种	HSK 5


A菜 A -cài	A菜 \| A菜* \| *A菜	(Tw) A-choy, or Taiwanese lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. sativa) (from Taiwanese 萵仔菜, Tai-lo pr. [ue-á-tshài] or [e-á-tshài])


種菜 zhòngcài	種菜 \| 種菜* \| *種菜	to grow vegetables	种菜


韭菜 jiǔcài	韭菜 \| 韭菜* \| *韭菜	garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives / (fig.) retail investors who lose their money to more experienced operators (i.e. they are "harvested" like garlic chives)


菠菜 bōcài	菠菜 \| 菠菜* \| *菠菜	spinach (CL:棵) / (slang) gambling; gambler (alternative term for 博彩)


卷心菜 juǎnxīncài	卷心菜 \| 卷心菜* \| *卷心菜	cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) (CL:棵)


高麗菜 gāolícài	高麗菜 \| 高麗菜* \| *高麗菜	cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) (CL:顆｜颗,個｜个) / Taiwan pr. [gao1li4cai4]	高丽菜


泡菜 pàocài	泡菜 \| 泡菜* \| *泡菜	pickled cabbage


香菜 xiāngcài	香菜 \| 香菜* \| *香菜	coriander / cilantro / Coriandrum sativum


酸菜 suāncài	酸菜 \| 酸菜* \| *酸菜	pickled vegetables, especially Chinese cabbage


生菜 shēngcài	生菜 \| 生菜* \| *生菜	lettuce / raw fresh vegetables / greens


髮菜 fàcài	髮菜 \| 髮菜* \| *髮菜	long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae / also called faat choy or hair moss	发菜


紫菜 zǐcài	紫菜 \| 紫菜* \| *紫菜	edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori


配菜 pèicài	配菜 \| 配菜* \| *配菜	side dish


飯菜 fàncài	飯菜 \| 飯菜* \| *飯菜	food	饭菜


買菜 mǎicài	買菜 \| 買菜* \| *買菜	to buy groceries	买菜


家常菜 jiāchángcài	家常菜 \| 家常菜* \| *家常菜	home cooking


主菜 zhǔcài	主菜 \| 主菜* \| *主菜	main course


做菜 zuòcài	做菜 \| 做菜* \| *做菜	to cook / cooking


炒菜 chǎocài	炒菜 \| 炒菜* \| *炒菜	to stir-fry / to do the cooking / stir-fried dish


小菜 xiǎocài	小菜 \| 小菜* \| *小菜	appetizer / small side dish / easy job / piece of cake / see also 小菜一碟


中國菜 Zhōngguócài	中國菜 \| 中國菜* \| *中國菜	Chinese cuisine	中国菜


大白菜 dàbáicài	大白菜 \| 大白菜* \| *大白菜	Chinese cabbage; napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) / CL: 棵


青菜 qīngcài	青菜 \| 青菜* \| *青菜	green vegetables / Chinese cabbage


上菜 shàngcài	上菜 \| 上菜* \| *上菜	to serve food


空心菜 kōngxīncài	空心菜 \| 空心菜* \| *空心菜	see 蕹菜


鹹菜 xiáncài	鹹菜 \| 鹹菜* \| *鹹菜	salted vegetables / pickles	咸菜


豆芽菜 dòuyácài	豆芽菜 \| 豆芽菜* \| *豆芽菜	bean sprouts


點菜 diǎncài	點菜 \| 點菜* \| *點菜	to order dishes (in a restaurant)	点菜


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


剩菜 shèngcài	剩菜 \| 剩菜* \| *剩菜	leftovers (food)


莧菜 xiàncài	莧菜 \| 莧菜* \| *莧菜	amaranth greens (genus Amaranthus) / Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)	苋菜


黃花菜 huánghuācài	黃花菜 \| 黃花菜* \| *黃花菜	citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni); golden needles (its edible flower)	黄花菜


甜菜 tiáncài	甜菜 \| 甜菜* \| *甜菜	(sugar) beet / (US) beet; (UK) beetroot


蓋菜 gàicài	蓋菜 \| 蓋菜* \| *蓋菜	leaf mustard	盖菜


素菜 sùcài	素菜 \| 素菜* \| *素菜	vegetable dish


薺菜 jìcài	薺菜 \| 薺菜* \| *薺菜	shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)	荠菜


乾菜 gāncài	乾菜 \| 乾菜* \| *乾菜	dried vegetable	干菜


裙帶菜 qúndàicài	裙帶菜 \| 裙帶菜* \| *裙帶菜	wakame (Undaria pinnatifida), an edible seaweed	裙带菜


擇菜 zháicài	擇菜 \| 擇菜* \| *擇菜	to pick the edible part of vegetables	择菜


金針菜 jīnzhēncài	金針菜 \| 金針菜* \| *金針菜	day lily (Hemerocallis), used in Chinese medicine and cuisine	金针菜


圓白菜 yuánbáicài	圓白菜 \| 圓白菜* \| *圓白菜	round white cabbage (i.e. Western cabbage)	圆白菜


甘藍菜 gānláncài	甘藍菜 \| 甘藍菜* \| *甘藍菜	cabbage	甘蓝菜


蕹菜 wèngcài	蕹菜 \| 蕹菜* \| *蕹菜	water spinach / ong choy / swamp cabbage / water convolvulus / water morning-glory / Ipomoea aquatica (botany)


芥菜 jiècài	芥菜 \| 芥菜* \| *芥菜	leaf mustard (Brassica juncea) / also pr. [gai4cai4]


龍鬚菜 lóngxūcài	龍鬚菜 \| 龍鬚菜* \| *龍鬚菜	asparagus / (Tw) young shoots of the chayote vine 佛手瓜	龙须菜


椰菜 yēcài	椰菜 \| 椰菜* \| *椰菜	cabbage; broccoli; cauliflower


拿手菜 náshǒucài	拿手菜 \| 拿手菜* \| *拿手菜	specialty (dish)


豆瓣菜 dòubàncài	豆瓣菜 \| 豆瓣菜* \| *豆瓣菜	watercress (Nasturtium officinale)


荇菜 xìngcài	荇菜 \| 荇菜* \| *荇菜	yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)


小白菜 xiǎobáicài	小白菜 \| 小白菜* \| *小白菜	bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) / CL: 棵


野菜 yěcài	野菜 \| 野菜* \| *野菜	wild herb / potherb


川菜 Chuāncài	川菜 \| 川菜* \| *川菜	Sichuan or Szechuan cuisine


殼菜 qiàocài	殼菜 \| 殼菜* \| *殼菜	mussels (as food)	壳菜


油菜 yóucài	油菜 \| 油菜* \| *油菜	oilseed rape (Brassica napus) / rape greens; leafy greens of certain Brassica species / (dialect) bok choy


葷菜 hūncài	葷菜 \| 葷菜* \| *葷菜	non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc)	荤菜


烏塌菜 wūtācài	烏塌菜 \| 烏塌菜* \| *烏塌菜	rosette bok choy (Brassica rapa var. rosularis)	乌塌菜


花菜 huācài	花菜 \| 花菜* \| *花菜	cauliflower


滷菜 lǔcài	滷菜 \| 滷菜* \| *滷菜	pot-stewed dish	卤菜


榨菜 zhàcài	榨菜 \| 榨菜* \| *榨菜	hot pickled mustard tuber


寶塔菜 bǎotǎcài	寶塔菜 \| 寶塔菜* \| *寶塔菜	Chinese artichoke (Stachys affinis), perennial plant with an edible rhizome	宝塔菜


蕨菜 juécài	蕨菜 \| 蕨菜* \| *蕨菜	fiddlehead / edible fern fronds


堇菜 jǐncài	堇菜 \| 堇菜* \| *堇菜	violet (botany)


芹菜 qíncài	芹菜 \| 芹菜* \| *芹菜	celery (Apium graveolens)


西洋菜 xīyángcài	西洋菜 \| 西洋菜* \| *西洋菜	watercress (Nasturtium officinale)


苣蕒菜 qǔmaicài	苣蕒菜 \| 苣蕒菜* \| *苣蕒菜	endive (Cichorium endivia) / field sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis)	苣荬菜


酒菜 jiǔcài	酒菜 \| 酒菜* \| *酒菜	food and drink / food to accompany wine


蓴菜 chúncài	蓴菜 \| 蓴菜* \| *蓴菜	water shield (Brasenia schreberi), an edible water plant	莼菜


包心菜 bāoxīncài	包心菜 \| 包心菜* \| *包心菜	cabbage


粵菜 Yuècài	粵菜 \| 粵菜* \| *粵菜	Cantonese cuisine	粤菜


名菜 míngcài	名菜 \| 名菜* \| *名菜	famous dishes / specialty dishes


蕺菜 jícài	蕺菜 \| 蕺菜* \| *蕺菜	Houttuynia cordata


塌棵菜 tākēcài	塌棵菜 \| 塌棵菜* \| *塌棵菜	Brassica narinosa (broadbeaked mustard) / Chinese flat cabbage


冬菜 dōngcài	冬菜 \| 冬菜* \| *冬菜	preserved dried cabbage or mustard greens


熟菜 shúcài	熟菜 \| 熟菜* \| *熟菜	cooked food (ready to eat)


番菜 fāncài	番菜 \| 番菜* \| *番菜	(old) Western-style food / foreign food


洋白菜 yángbáicài	洋白菜 \| 洋白菜* \| *洋白菜	cabbage (round cabbage most commonly found in Western countries)


石花菜 shíhuācài	石花菜 \| 石花菜* \| *石花菜	Gelidium amansii, species of red algae from which agar is extracted


捲心菜 juǎnxīncài	捲心菜 \| 捲心菜* \| *捲心菜	variant of 卷心菜	卷心菜


甕菜 wèngcài	甕菜 \| 甕菜* \| *甕菜	variant of 蕹菜	瓮菜


藤菜 téngcài	藤菜 \| 藤菜* \| *藤菜	see 蕹菜


攤黃菜 tānhuángcài	攤黃菜 \| 攤黃菜* \| *攤黃菜	(dialect) scrambled eggs	摊黄菜


冷菜 lěngcài	冷菜 \| 冷菜* \| *冷菜	cold dish / cold food


雪菜 xuěcài	雪菜 \| 雪菜* \| *雪菜	see 雪裡蕻｜雪里蕻


前菜 qiáncài	前菜 \| 前菜* \| *前菜	appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre


燒菜 shāocài	燒菜 \| 燒菜* \| *燒菜	to cook	烧菜


葉菜 yècài	葉菜 \| 葉菜* \| *葉菜	leaf vegetable; leafy greens	叶菜


開胃菜 kāiwèicài	開胃菜 \| 開胃菜* \| *開胃菜	starter / appetizer	开胃菜


副菜 fùcài	副菜 \| 副菜* \| *副菜	side dish; side order


韓式泡菜 Hánshìpàocài	韓式泡菜 \| 韓式泡菜* \| *韓式泡菜	kimchi	韩式泡菜


湘菜 Xiāngcài	湘菜 \| 湘菜* \| *湘菜	Hunan cuisine


閩菜 Mǐncài	閩菜 \| 閩菜* \| *閩菜	Fujian cuisine	闽菜


浙菜 Zhècài	浙菜 \| 浙菜* \| *浙菜	Zhejiang cuisine


小松菜 xiǎosōngcài	小松菜 \| 小松菜* \| *小松菜	komatsuna, aka Japanese mustard spinach, a variety of Brassica rapa


青江菜 qīngjiāngcài	青江菜 \| 青江菜* \| *青江菜	bok choy / Shanghai pak choy / Chinese mustard (Brassica rapa Chinensis)


什菜 shícài	什菜 \| 什菜* \| *什菜	mixed vegetables


包菜 bāocài	包菜 \| 包菜* \| *包菜	cabbage


徽菜 Huīcài	徽菜 \| 徽菜* \| *徽菜	Anhui cuisine

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