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Chinese symbol for “cuisine”

菜系
cài xì
(regional) cuisine

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cuisine is 菜系 (cài xì), defined as: (regional) cuisine.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

菜 cài
vegetables; order, dish; food
radical 140 ⾋ · 12 strokes
系 xì
system; line, link, connection
radical 120 ⽷ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “cuisine”

WordPinyinMeaning
烹饪法 (烹飪法)pēng rèn fǎcuisine; culinary art
料理liào lǐto arrange; to handle
摒挡 (摒擋)bìng dàng(literary) to put in order; to arrange; cuisine

Related words

Other words that share a character with 菜系.

WordPinyinMeaning
蔬菜shū càivegetables
菜单 (菜單)cài dānmenu; measure word: 份 (fèn), 张 (zhāng)
菜肴 (菜餚)cài yáovegetable and meat dishes; dish
菠菜bō càispinach (CL:棵 (kē)); (slang) gambling; gambler (alternative term for 博彩 (bó cǎi))
白菜bái càiChinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis)
菜鸟 (菜鳥)cài niǎo(coll.) sb new to a particular subject; rookie
关系 (關係)guān xirelation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect
系统 (系統)xì tǒngsystem; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “cuisine”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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