做菜

zuòcài

verb #17,576

Meanings

1 to cook
2 to prepare a dish

Characters

dish; vegetable

Examples

她很会做菜。

Tā hěn huì zuòcài.

She is very good at cooking.

今天我来做菜，你休息吧。

Jīntiān wǒlái zuòcài, nǐ xiūxi ba.

I'll cook today, you take a rest.

Tips

usage

做菜 specifically means to cook dishes/meals. Compare with 做饭 (zuòfàn), which is more general and means to prepare a meal (including rice). 烧菜 (shāocài) is the same as 做菜 but more common in southern dialects.

Stroke Order

做 zuò

菜 cài