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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[cài]
  1. 1. noun [Botany] vegetable
  2. 2. noun [饭食] dish

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[cài]
  1. 1. noun vegetable; greens
    grow vegetables
  2. 2. noun (non-staple) food
    上街买
    go to the market to buy food
  3. 3. noun dish; course
    一道
    a course
    Sichuan dishes; Sichuan cuisine
    prepare the dishes; do the cooking
    做四道
    prepare a four-course meal
  4. 4. noun (edible) wild herbs
    吃糠咽
    barely keep alive on chaff and wild herbs

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[cài]
  1. 1. 可以用作副食的植物
    大白
  2. 2. 专指油
    籽油
  3. 3. 、肉类等经烹调而成的佐餐食品的统称
    一汤

Examples

这个炒得不是味儿。
This dish doesn't taste quite right.
做四道
prepare a four-course meal
盛出来
ladle food from the pot; dish out food
上四道
serve four courses
把隔夜的热一热
warm up last night's leftovers
煮过头了。
The food is overcooked.
你做的很合口。
The dishes you make are very much to my taste.
做得不好,请不要见怪。
I hope you won't mind my poor cooking.
别空口吃饭不吃呀。
Don't only eat rice. Help yourself to what you like.

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Related Measure Words

  [bǎ] |  一把菜
  [dào] |  一道菜
  [dié] |  一碟菜
  [fèn] |  一份菜
  [kē] |  一棵菜
  [kǒu] |  一口菜
  [kǔn] |  一捆菜
  [pán] |  一盘菜
  [pén] |  一盆菜
  [shǒu] |  一手菜
  [tiāo] |  一挑菜
  [wǎn] |  一碗菜
  [yàng] |  一样菜

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