Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- cài
English
- vegetables
- vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])
- (slang) symbolic character of lazy or girl
- cuisine; food
- girlfriend
- vegetable; greens
- dish, order
- dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2])
- young woman
- course; dish
- food
- (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
- (coll.) (one's) type
粵語
- 加喺國家、地方、民族等嘅名後面，指稱佢哋特有嘅料理
- 女朋友（量詞：條）
- 葉或者莖可以食用嘅植物（量詞：條／樖／棵）
- 泛指年輕女子（量詞：條）
- 菜式；餸；已經煮好嘅嘢食（量詞：個／道／味）
As a component in
Words containing 菜
- 前菜cin4 coi3
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
- 配菜pui3 coi3
side dish
- 油菜jau4 coi3
oilseed rape (Brassica napus)
- 蔬菜so1 coi3
vegetables
- 菜單coi3 daan1
menu
- 中菜zung1 coi3
Chinese cuisine
- 上菜soeng6 coi3
to serve food
- 時菜si4 coi3
seasonal vegetable
- 小菜siu2 coi3
appetizer
- 正菜zeng3 coi3
slang for a sexually attractive woman [colloquial]
- 菜心coi3 sam1
choy sum
- 生菜saang1 coi3
lettuce
- 菜乾coi3 gon1
dried vegetables
- 髮菜faat3 coi3
long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae
- 加菜gaa1 coi3
to have an extra dish or more in a meal
- 主菜zyu2 coi3
main course
- 菜式coi3 sik1
dish (food prepared according to a specific recipe)
- 菜頭coi3 tau4
(Tw) radish, esp. white radish 白蘿蔔|白萝卜[bai2 luo2 bo5]
- 西洋菜sai1 joeng4 coi3
watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
- 副菜fu3 coi3
side dish; side order
- 菜腳coi3 goek3
remaining vegetable; leftovers
- 白菜baak6 coi3
Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis)
- 通菜tung1 coi3
see 空心菜[kong1 xin1 cai4]
- 菜館coi3 gun2
(dialect) restaurant