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菜 cài — dish, course (of food)

cài (fourth tone, falling)cai4

dish, course (of food)

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Meanings

  1. dish, course (of food)

    A cooked dish, and by extension cooking as a whole: 中国菜 is Chinese food. In a restaurant, 点菜 is to order.

    noun

  2. vegetables, greens

    noun

Example sentences

  • 这些菜都是我做的。這些菜都是我做的。Zhèxiē (fourth tone, falling) cài (fourth tone, falling) dōu (first tone, high and level) shì (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) zuò (fourth tone, falling) de. (neutral tone)···

    I cooked all of these dishes.

  • 你想吃什么菜？你想吃什麼菜？Nǐ (third tone, dipping) xiǎng (third tone, dipping) chī (first tone, high and level) shénme (second tone, rising) cài? (fourth tone, falling)···

    What would you like to eat?

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