Chinese symbol for “vegetables”
蔬菜
shū cài
vegetables
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vegetables is 蔬菜 (shū cài), defined as: vegetables.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “vegetables”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蔬 | shū | vegetables |
| 茹 | rú | to eat; (extended meaning) to endure |
| 菜蔬 | cài shū | greens; vegetables |
| 芼 | mào | select; vegetables |
| 蔌 | sù | (literary) vegetables |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蔬菜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蔬果 | shū guǒ | vegetables and fruits |
| 果蔬 | guǒ shū | fruit and vegetables |
| 菜蔬 | cài shū | greens; vegetables |
| 蔬食 | shū shí | vegetarian meal; vegetarian diet |
| 时蔬 (時蔬) | shí shū | seasonal vegetables |
| 菜单 (菜單) | cài dān | menu; measure word: 份 (fèn), 张 (zhāng) |
| 菜肴 (菜餚) | cài yáo | vegetable and meat dishes; dish |
| 菠菜 | bō cài | spinach (CL:棵 (kē)); (slang) gambling; gambler (alternative term for 博彩 (bó cǎi)) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vegetables”.
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.