| 菜 | 251C40 20A.01-9 | 部居  | 畫數 12 | ㄘㄞˋ [cai4] | ||
| N. | (1) Vegetable: 菜蔬 [cai4shu1]↓; 鹹菜 salted vegetable; 青菜，生菜 fresh vegetable; 白菜 cabbage; 滷菜 pickled or marinated vegetable; 菜湯 vegetable soup; name used by vegetarian monks to eat taboo food, as 溜黃菜 egg omelette. (2) A dish, item or course in menu (whether of meat or vegetable): 三樣菜 three dishes of meat or vegetable to go with rice; hence food, dinner: 菜好不好 is the dinner all right? 西菜，中菜 Western, Chin. food; 素菜 vegetarian food; 葷菜 meat dish. | |||||
| Words | 1. 菜包子 [cai4bao1zi0], n., (lit.) vegetable dumpling; (fig.) (abuse) nincompoop, idiot. 2. 菜場 [cai4chang3], n., (food) market. 3. 菜青 [cai4qing1], adj., dull green. 4. 菜畦 [cai4qi2], n., vegetable plot or patch. 5. 菜床兒（子） [cai4chuang2er0] ([zi0]), n., shelf for raw vegetables as in shops. 6. 菜單（兒）（子） [cai4dan1] ([cai4da1er0]) ([zi0]), n., menu, bill of fare. 7. 菜刀 [cai4dao1], n., chopper for kitchen use. 8. 菜豆 [cai4dou4], n., kidney bean. 9. 菜墩子 [cai4dun1zi0], n., kitchen chopping board. 10. 菜瓜 [cai4gua1], n., a cucumber, usu. served cooked, also pickled. 11. 菜貨 [cai4huo4], n., a simpleton. 12. 菜牛 [cai4niu2], n., cattle raised for beef. 13. 菜色 [cai4se4], n., famished, colorless complexion. 14. 菜蔬 [cai4shu1], n., vegetable in gen. 15. 菜巿 [cai4shi4], n., food market, also 菜巿場. 16. 菜攤（兒）（子） [cai4tan1] ([cai4ta1er0]) ([zi0]), n., booth for vegetables. 17. 菜子 [cai4zi3], n., vegetable seeds. 18. 菜油 [cai4you2], n., vegetable oil, colza oil, rapeseed. 19. 菜園 [cai4yUan2], n., vegetable garden. | |||||