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芹菜

qíncài
noun #19,989

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 celery

About the ingredient

蔬菜 Vegetables

Chinese celery has thin stalks and a strong smell, unlike thick, juicy Western celery (西芹). The stalks are stir-fried with pork or dried tofu and chopped into dumpling fillings; the leaves are eaten too.

Also called  芹

Examples

HSK 4
Tā bù xǐhuan chī qíncài de wèidao.
She doesn't like the taste of celery.
HSK 6
Chǎo qíncài shì yí dào jiāchángcài.
Stir-fried celery is a common home-cooked dish.

Stroke Order

芹 qín
菜 cài