家常菜

jiāchángcài
noun #26,473

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 home cooking
  2. 2 everyday home dishes
  3. 3 homestyle food

Examples

Tā zuì xǐhuān chī māma zuò de jiācháng cài.
She loves the home-cooked dishes her mother makes most.
Zhè jiā cāntīng zhǔdǎ jiācháng cài, jiàgé shíhuì.
This restaurant specializes in homestyle cooking at affordable prices.
Jiǎnjiǎndāndan de jiācháng cài wǎngwǎng zuì ràng rén huáiniàn.
Simple home-cooked dishes are often what people miss the most.

Tips

memory
(jiā) = home, (cháng) = ordinary/everyday, (cài) = dish/vegetable. So 家常菜 is literally 'home's everyday dishes' — the unpretentious food of family life.

Stroke Order

jiā
cháng
cài