甜菜

tiáncài

noun #18,501

Measure Word

一棵甜菜 kē

Meanings

1 beet; beetroot
2 sugar beet

Characters

vegetable; dish

Examples

HSK 4

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.

HSK 7-9

甜菜是制糖的重要原料。

Tiáncài shì zhì táng de zhòngyào yuánliào.

Sugar beet is an important raw material for making sugar.

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