Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 菜

菜

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Meaning

 vegetable

Pronunciation

 cài

Explanation

 Top: plant 艹, below: to pluck 采 (A hand 爫 plucks from above at a tree 木.)

Mnemonic

Plants you can pluck from above from a 'tree', are the vegetables.

Radicals

艹 grass, plant
采 pluck
爫 reaching downwards(shows a hand reaching downwards to pluck sth.)
木 tree
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Vocabulary

油菜 yóu cài oilseed rape (Brassica campestris)
青花椰菜 qīng huā yē cài broccoli
芹菜 qín cài celery (Apium graveolens)
菜籽 cài zǐ vegetable seeds; rapeseed
菜墩子 cài dūn zi chopping board
菜茹 cài rú greens; green vegetables
咸菜 xián cài salted vegetables; pickles
塌棵菜 tā kē cài Brassica narinosa (broadbeaked mustard); Chinese flat cabbage
甜菜 tián cài beet; beetroot
菜肴 cài yáo vegetable and meat dishes

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