菜 (coi3) — vegetables; greens in Cantonese
coi˗₃菜
Mandarin Pinyin: cai4
Meaning of 菜
nounvegetables; greens
noundish; course
nounfood eaten with rice or alcoholic drinks
noun(slang) symbolic character of lazy or girl
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Example Sentences with 菜
唔食菜嘅小朋友唔准食甜品
Children who don't eat their vegetables aren't allowed to eat dessert.
ngoˏ₅我sikˉ¹識zyuˊ²煮zing˗₃正zungˉ¹宗taai˗₃泰gwok˗₃國coi˗₃菜。
I can cook authentic Thai food.
binˉ¹邊douˍ₆度jauˏ₅有dakˉ¹得sikˍ₆食zing˗₃正zungˉ¹宗ge˗₃嘅ji˗₃意daaiˍ₆大leiˍ₆利coi˗₃菜？
Where can (one) finds authentic Italian food?
sikˍ₆食doˉ¹多diˉ¹啲coi˗₃菜gin˗₃建hong1.康。
Eat more vegetables to be healthy.
coi˗₃菜samˉ¹心doˉ¹多jipˍ₆葉
The choy sum has a lot of leaves.
Words Containing 菜
大豆芽菜daai6 dau2 ngaa4 coi3
yellow bean sprouts
紹菜siu6 coi3
Mandarin speakers call this 白菜 bai cai.
蕹菜ung3 coi3
water spinach; Ipomoea aquatica; [國] 空心菜
薺菜cai4 coi3
shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
大白菜daai6 baak6 coi3
napa cabbage; chinese cabbage (Cantonese: 黃芽白)
日本菜jat6 bun2 coi3
Japanese style dish
青椰菜ceng1 je4 coi3
cabbage
梅菜mui4 coi3
preserved mustard; preserved Chinese cabbage
通菜街tung1 coi3 gaai1
Tung Choi Street (Ladies Street, 女人街, HK)
菜子coi3 zi2
vegetable seeds
大菜糕daai6 coi3 gou1
agar pudding
川菜cyun1 coi3
Sichuan cuisine
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