HSK 3 · Food & Drink

白菜

bái cài

Chinese cabbage

Stroke order of 白菜

2 characters, 16 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

白 · 5 strokes 菜 · 11 strokes

Memory trick

白 white and 菜 vegetable with 艹 grass on top.

Parts: 白 white + 菜 vegetable (艹 plant)

The characters in 白菜

白 bái — white (5 strokes)
菜 cài — dish (of food); vegetable (11 strokes)

Example sentence

我喜欢吃白菜。

I like eating Chinese cabbage.

Words with 白

白天daytime 明白to understand; clear 白white 白色white

Words with 菜

菜dish (of food); vegetable 菜单menu

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