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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
菜餚
- vegetable and meat dishes
Usage notes
There is no exact equivalent for English food in Chinese. The most generic term for food is 食物 (shíwù). Use 食品 (shípǐn) for food products, 菜餚/菜肴 (càiyáo) for dishes of food, 美食 (měishí) when the taste of the food is emphasised and 吃的 (chīde) in colloquial contexts. For food as in cuisine, consider 菜 (cài) or 料理 (liàolǐ).
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
菜 (“dish; vegetable or meat dish”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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菜餚, 菜品, 菜蔬
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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菜
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Taiwan
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菜
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Singapore
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菜
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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菜
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Jinan
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菜
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Xi'an
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菜
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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菜
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Wuhan
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菜
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Guiyang
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下飯菜
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Guilin
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菜
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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菜
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Hefei
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菜
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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餸, 餸菜
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Hong Kong
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餸, 餸菜
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
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餸菜
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Macau
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餸
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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餸
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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餸
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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餸
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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餸
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Foshan
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餸
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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餸
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Foshan (Shunde)
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餸
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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餸
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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餸
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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餸
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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餸
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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餸
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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餸
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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餸
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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餸
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Taishan
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餸, 餸菜
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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餸
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Enping (Niujiang)
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餸
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Heshan (Yayao)
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餸
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Dongguan
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餸
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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餸
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Yangjiang
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餸
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Beihai
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餸
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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菜
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
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菜
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Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
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菜
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Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua)
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菜餸
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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餸
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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餸
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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餸
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Móng Cái
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菜
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Gan
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Nanchang
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菜
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Hakka
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Meixian
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菜
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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菜
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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菜
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Songxi
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菜
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Jianyang
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菜
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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配
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Gutian
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配飯菜
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Fuding
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乇配
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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物配, 菜配, 菜
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Quanzhou
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物配, 菜
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Yongchun
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菜
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Zhangzhou
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物配
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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物配, 菜配
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Manila (Hokkien)
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物配
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Longyan
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配
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Zhangping (Yongfu)
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配
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Chaozhou
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物配
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Jieyang
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物配
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Leizhou
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物配, 配
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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物配
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Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
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物配
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Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
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物配
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Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
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物配
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Xianyou
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物配
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Xianyou (Fengting)
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物配
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Xianyou (Youyang)
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物配
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Central Min
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Yong'an
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菜
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Sanming (Shaxian)
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配
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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配
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Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
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配
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Wu
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Shanghai
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小菜
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Suzhou
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小菜
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Jiaxing
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鹹酸
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Shaoxing
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下飯
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Ningbo
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下飯, 菜蔬, 小菜 rare
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Zhoushan
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下飯, 菜蔬, 小菜 rare
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Wenzhou
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配, 餚配
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Xiang
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Changsha
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菜
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Shuangfeng
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菜
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