甜菜

tiáncài

noun #18,501

Measure Word

一棵甜菜 kē

Meanings

1 beet; beetroot
2 sugar beet

Characters

vegetable; dish

Examples

甜菜是制糖的重要原料。

Tiáncài shì zhìtáng de zhòngyào yuánliào.

Sugar beet is an important raw material for making sugar.

她喜欢把甜菜加到沙拉里。

Tā xǐhuan bǎ tiáncài jiā dào shālā lǐ.

She likes to add beets to her salad.

Tips

memory

甜 (sweet) + 菜 (vegetable) = sweet vegetable, i.e. a beet. Sugar beet is literally the 'sweet vegetable' that sugar comes from.

Stroke Order

甜 tián

菜 cài