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菜

cài

Novice Level 1*
Noun

菜 (cài) is a Chinese word meaning “(of one's skills etc) weak; poor”. It sits at TOCFL Level 1* (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. vegetable; greens (CL:棵)
  2. dish (of food) (CL:樣,道,盤)
  3. (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
  4. (coll.) (one's) type

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Example

這道菜很好吃。

This dish is delicious.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).