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菜

Pronunciation

Peng'im: cai3
POJ: tshài
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: vegetable, dish of food
菜

Examples

  • 食菜 (ziah8 cai3) — to eat vegetables; to be vegetarian; 食菜 idiomatically means "to be vegetarian" (esp. for Buddhist reasons), not just "to eat vegetables".

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