香菜
xiāng cài
Pinyin

Definition

香菜
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xiāng cài
  1. coriander
  2. cilantro
  3. Coriandrum sativum

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

cài
  1. 1 dish (type of food)
  2. 2 vegetable
  3. 3 cuisine
  4. 4 classifier: 盘 pán
  5. 5 classifier: 道 dào
  6. 6 (coll.) (one's) type
  7. 7 (of one's skills etc) weak
  8. 8 poor
cài dāo
  1. 1 vegetable knife
  2. 2 kitchen knife
  3. 3 cleaver
  4. 4 classifier: 把 bǎ
shū cài
  1. 1 vegetables
  2. 2 classifier: 种 zhǒng
qīng cài
  1. 1 green vegetables
  2. 2 Chinese cabbage
xiāng
  1. 1 fragrant
  2. 2 sweet smelling
  3. 3 aromatic
  4. 4 savory or appetizing
  5. 5 (to eat) with relish
  6. 6 (of sleep) sound
  7. 7 perfume or spice
  8. 8 joss or incense stick
  9. 9 classifier: 根 gēn

Idioms (20)

偷香窃玉
tōu xiāng qiè yù
  1. 1 lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering
  2. 2 secret illicit sex
口齿生香
kǒu chǐ shēng xiāng
  1. 1 eloquence that generates perfume (idiom); profound and significant text
吃香喝辣
chī xiāng hē là
  1. 1 lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to live well
国色天香
guó sè tiān xiāng
  1. 1 national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty
天香国色
tiān xiāng guó sè
  1. 1 divine fragrance, national grace (idiom); an outstanding beauty

Sample Sentences

哦,你不吃西红柿。香菜呢,吃吗?
ò ,nǐ bù chī xīhóngshì 。xiāngcài ne ,chī ma ?
Oh, you don't eat tomatoes. What about cilantro? Do you eat that?
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香菜,我很喜欢!
xiāngcài ,wǒ hěn xǐhuan !
I really like cilantro!
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一碗拉面,不要香菜。
yī wǎn lāmiàn ,bùyào xiāngcài 。
A bowl of noodles, don't want the cilantro.