cài = c + ai4
dish (type of food) / vegetable / cuisine / CL:盤|盘[pan2],道[dao4] / (coll.) (one's) type / (of one's skills etc) weak / poor
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How to pronounce 菜

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= c initial

C is for the King of Chu.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ai4 final

In the airplane’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

菜 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
cǎo = c + ao3
grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]
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cǎi = c + ai3
to pick / to pluck / to collect / to select / to choose / to gather
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cǎi = c + ai3
color / complexion / looks / variant of 彩[cai3] / variant of 採|采[cai3]
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cài = c + ai4
allotment to a feudal noble
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Characters with 菜 as component

菜 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 菜

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vegetables / CL:種|种[zhong3]
menu / CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]
pickled cabbage

Sentences with 菜

hái
ér
men
 
 
zhè
xiān
jiǔ
xiān
cài

Want to remember 菜 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

cài

dish (type of food) / vegetable / cuisine / CL:盤|盘[pan2],道[dao4] / (coll.) (one's) type / (of one's skills etc) weak / poor

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