cài

菜 (cài) is a Chinese word meaning “vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor”.

Meanings

  1. 1vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])
  2. 2dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2])
  3. 3(of one's skills etc) weak; poor
  4. 4(coll.) (one's) type
Part of speech
noun

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