cài
dish (type of food)
vegetable
cuisine
CL:盤|盘[pan2],道[dao4]
(coll.) (one's) type
zhà cài
hot pickled mustard tuber
shū cài
vegetables
produce
CL:種|种[zhong3]
cài sè
dish
lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet)
emaciated look (from malnutrition)
jiǔ cài
food and drink
food to accompany wine
cài dān
menu
CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]
jiè cài
leaf mustard (Brassica juncea)
also pr. [gai4 cai4]
Chuān cài
Sichuan or Szechuan cuisine
cài yáo
vegetable and meat dishes
qín cài
celery (Apium graveolens)
qīng cài
green vegetables
Chinese cabbage
xiǎo cài
appetizer
small side dish
easy job
piece of cake
see also 小菜一碟[xiao3 cai4 yi1 die2]
jiǔ cài
garlic chives
Chinese chives
Chinese leek
zǐ cài
flavored roasted seaweed
generic term for edible seaweed
Japanese: nori
xiāng cài
coriander
cilantro
Coriandrum sativum
xián cài
salted vegetables
pickles
shēng cài
lettuce
raw fresh vegetables
greens
yóu cài
oilseed rape (Brassica napus)
flowering edible rape (Brassica chinensis var. oleifera)
cài dāo
vegetable knife
kitchen knife
cleaver
CL:把[ba3]
suān cài
pickled vegetables, especially Chinese cabbage
bái cài
Chinese cabbage
pak choi
CL:棵[ke1], 個|个[ge4]
cài pǔ
menu (in restaurant)
recipe
cookbook
cài niǎo
(coll.) sb new to a particular subject
rookie
beginner
newbie
hūn cài
non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc)
diǎn cài
to order dishes (in a restaurant)
bái cài jià
lit. cabbage price
low price
zhāo pái cài
signature dish
a restaurant’s most famous dish
shàng cài
to serve, also to put on plate
dà bái cài
bok choy
Chinese cabbage
Brassica pekinensis
CL:棵[ke1]
míng cài
famous dishes
specialty dishes
chǎo cài
to stir-fry
to do the cooking
stir-fried dish
xiǎo bái cài
bok choy
Chinese cabbage
Brassica chinensis
CL:棵[ke1]
xiàn cài
amaranth greens (genus Amaranthus)
Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)
yóu cài zǐ
oilseed rape (Brassica campestris)
rapeseed
coleseed
jì cài
shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
xiǎo cài yī dié
a small appetizer
a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
yuán bái cài
round white cabbage (i.e. Western cabbage)
Hán guó pào cài
kimchi
Korean pickled cabbage
xī yáng cài
watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
tè jià cài
restaurant special
daily special
cài bǎn
chopping board
cutting board
CL:張|张[zhang1]
xiē cài
Stop it! (Beijing and Internet slang)
Game over!
You're dead!
cài shū
greens
vegetables
vegetable side dish
fà cài
long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae
also called faat choy or hair moss
yē cài
cabbage
broccoli
cauliflower
jiǔ cài huā
chives (Allium tuberosum)
jīn zhēn cài
day lily (Hemerocallis), used in Chinese medicine and cuisine
yáng bái cài
cabbage (round cabbage most commonly found in Western countries)
kǔ cài huā
Bitter cauliflower, 1954 socialist realist novel by Feng Deying 馮德英|冯德英[Féng Dé yīng] loosely based on Maxim Gorky's Mother, made into a 1967 film by Li Ang
gāo lì cài
cabbage
CL:顆|颗[kē],個|个[gè]
zǐ cài bāo fàn
gimbap (Korean rice roll similar in appearance to sushi)
kimbap
qīng jiāng cài
bok choy
Shanghai pak choy
Chinese mustard (Brassica rapa Chinensis)
wèng cài
water spinach
ong choy
swamp cabbage
water convolvulus
water morning-glory
Ipomoea aquatica (botany)
cài pǔ
vegetable field
vegetable bed
lóng shū cài
(Taiwan) young fruit of chayote 佛手瓜 [fó shǒu guā]
cài dān tiáo
menu bar (of a computer application)
yē cài huā
cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)
xìng cài
yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)
zhái cài
to pick the edible part of vegetables
shú cài
cooked food (ready to eat)
cài niú
beef cattle (grown for meat)
shí huā cài
seaweed (Gelidium amansii)
Japanese Isinglass
dòu bàn cài
watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
cài qí
vegetable field
vegetable bed
qí lín cài
eucheuma, a type of red algae (used in TCM)
kān cài chī fàn
to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
to live within one's means
fān cài
(old) Western-style food
foreign food
juǎn xīn cài
variant of 卷心菜[juǎn xīn cài]
niú pí cài
chard (Beta vulgaris), a foliage beet
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
to act according to actual circumstances
to live within one's means
zǐ cài tái
purple cabbage
Brassica campestris var. purpurea
wū tā cài
rosette bok choy (Brassica rapa var. rosularis)
tā kē cài
Brassica narinosa (broadbeaked mustard)
Chinese flat cabbage
xiǎo cài r
erhua variant of 小菜[xiao3 cai4]
shuǐ wèng cài
water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia
shān yú cài
variant of 山萮菜[shan1 yu2 cai4]
zǐ cài shǔ
Porphyra (genus of edible seaweed)
hóng niú pí cài
chard (Beta vulgaris), a foliage beet
suàn róng yóu cài
Chinese vegetable in garlic sauce
níng huā cài
gelidiella, tropical and sub-tropical red algae
xiǎo cài dié r
erhua variant of 小菜一碟[xiao3 cai4 yi1 die2]
cài lán zi
vegetable or food basket
(fig.) food supply
cài xīn
choy sum
Chinese flowering cabbage
stem of any Chinese cabbage
cài shì
dish (food prepared according to a specific recipe)
cài bāo zi
steamed bun stuffed with vegetables
(fig.) useless person
a good-for-nothing
yóu mài cài
variant of 油麥菜|油麦菜[you2 mai4 cai4]
Kǔ Cài huā
Bitter Cauliflower, 1954 socialist realist novel by Feng Deying 馮德英|冯德英[Feng2 De2 ying1] loosely based on Maxim Gorky's Mother, made into a 1967 film by Li Ang
jù mǎi cài
endive
field sow-thistle
Sonchus brachyotus
lǎo hǔ cài
"Tiger Vegetable Salad," Northeast China dish usually consisting of hot pepper, cucumber, cilantro and leek
cài pú
dried, pickled white radish
cài yáo
vegetable and meat dishes
dish
huáng huā cài dōu liáng le
lit. the dishes are cold (idiom)
fig. to arrive late
to take one's sweet time
huáng huā cài
citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni)
golden needles (edible flower)
gāo lí cài
cabbage
CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
Taiwan pr. [gao1 li4 cai4]
cán cài
Malabar spinach
Basella alba
luó bo qīng cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài
see 蘿蔔白菜,各有所愛|萝卜白菜,各有所爱[luo2 bo5 bai2 cai4 , ge4 you3 suo3 ai4]
luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài
one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
to each his own
jué cài
fiddlehead
edible fern fronds
pú cài
edible rhizome of cattail 香蒲[xiang1 pu2]
tián cài
variant of 甜菜[tian2 cai4]
lóng xū cài
asparagus
(Taiwan) young shoots of the chayote vine 佛手瓜[fo2 shou3 gua1]
juǎn xīn cài
variant of 卷心菜[juan3 xin1 cai4]
shān yú cài
wasabi (Eutrema wasabi Maxim), a kind of fern used in Japanese cooking
bǎo tǎ cài
Chinese artichoke
Stachys sieboldii
jiā xiāng cài
regional dish
local cuisine
wá wa cài
baby Chinese cabbage (mini-sized variety)
dōng cài
preserved dried cabbage or mustard greens
xià jiǔ cài
a dish that goes well with alcoholic drinks
jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài
all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
to act according to actual circumstances
to live within one's means
kàn rén xià cài dié r
(dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
not to treat everyone equally favorably
wèng cài
variant of 蕹菜[weng4 cai4]
huī cài
fat hen (Chenopodium album), edible annual plant
Shàng hǎi bái cài
baby bok choy
Shanghai bok choy