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咸菜

salted vegetables

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

xian2cai4 • xiáncài

Meaning

Primary

salted vegetables

Alternatives

salted vegetable

Mnemonic

咸菜 Salted vegetables are 菜 vegetables that have been preserved in 咸 salt.

Usage

我 喜欢 吃 咸菜。

I like to eat salted vegetables.

泡菜 是 一 种 咸菜。

Pickled cabbage is a type of salted vegetable.