白菜
HSK 3 (2021)
白菜 (báicài) · Chinese cabbage
白菜 (báicài) means “Chinese cabbage”. It is written with 2 characters: 白 (white) + 菜 (vegetable). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 白菜 is built
The characters
白 bái · white
What 白 is made of
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
Origin hint: A burning candle; the rays of the sun (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
菜 cài · vegetable
What 菜 is made of
- 艹cǎo — grass
- 采cǎi — to collect
- 爫zhǎo — claws
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
Origin hint: 艹 gives the meaning, 采 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
妈妈买了一个大白菜。Māma mǎi le yī ge dà báicài.Mom bought a big Chinese cabbage.
白菜多少钱一斤？Báicài duōshao qián yī jīn?How much is cabbage per jin?
Questions about 白菜
What does 白菜 mean?
白菜 (báicài) means “Chinese cabbage”.
How do you pronounce 白菜?
白菜 is pronounced báicài.
Which HSK level is 白菜?
白菜 is in HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 白天báitiāndaytime
- 明白míngbaito understand
- 白色báisèwhite
- 苍白cāngbáipale
- 蛋白质dànbáizhìprotein
- 空白kòngbáiblank
- 坦白tǎnbáito confess
- 白酒báijiǔChinese white liquor
- 白báiwhite
- 菜单càidānmenu
Learn 白菜 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 10: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.