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菜

cài

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cài · coi3 (Jyutping)

  1. vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])
  2. dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2])
  3. (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
  4. (coll.) (one's) type

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

菜

Meaning
vegetables; dish, order; food
Radical
艹
Strokes
11
Components
⿱艹采
Cangjie
TBD
Four-corner
4490.4

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