zǐ cài

紫菜 (zǐ cài) is a Chinese word meaning “edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori”.

Meanings

  1. 1edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori

Characters in 紫菜

紫zǐ · purple菜cài · vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])

Related words

菜vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])蔬菜vegetables菜单menu紫色purple泡菜pickled cabbage紫purple小菜appetizer饭菜food点菜to order dishes (in a restaurant)卷心菜cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) (CL:棵[ke1])卷心菜variant of 卷心菜[juan3 xin1 cai4]菠菜spinach (CL:棵[ke1])

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