菜单
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 3
菜单 (càidān) · menu
菜单 (càidān) means “menu”. It is written with 2 characters: 菜 (vegetable) + 单 (list). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 菜单 is built
The characters
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)
单 dān · list
What 单 is made of
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
Example sentences
请给我看一下菜单。Qǐng gěi wǒ kàn yīxià càidān.Please let me see the menu.
菜单上有饺子吗?Càidān shang yǒu jiǎozi ma?Are there dumplings on the menu?
Questions about 菜单
What does 菜单 mean?
菜单 (càidān) means “menu”.
How do you pronounce 菜单?
菜单 is pronounced càidān.
Which HSK level is 菜单?
菜单 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
- 白菜báicàiChinese cabbage
- 蔬菜shūcàivegetables
- 菜càivegetable
- 单位dānwèiworkplace
- 名单míngdānlist of names
- 单元dānyuánunit (of a textbook)
- 简单jiǎndānsimple
- 单纯dānchúnsimple
- 单调dāndiàomonotonous
- 单独dāndúalone
Learn 菜单 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 47: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.