蔬菜

shūcài
noun HSK 5 #5,170

Meanings

  1. 1 vegetables

Characters

Both characters mean vegetables - together they form the general term.

Examples

HSK 1
Duō chī shūcài duì shēntǐ hǎo.
Eating more vegetables is good for your health.
HSK 4
Jīntiān shūcài hěn xīnxiān.
The vegetables are very fresh today.
HSK 4
Chāoshì lǐ de shūcài zhǒnglèi hěnduō.
There are many kinds of vegetables in the supermarket.

Tips

usage
蔬菜 is the formal/general term. In everyday speech, people often just say , which means both 'vegetable' and 'dish/cuisine.' 买菜 (to buy groceries) doesn't mean 'buy only vegetables' - it means grocery shopping in general.

Stroke Order

shū
cài