配菜

pèicài
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 secondary ingredient (of a dish)
  2. 2 garnish
  3. 3 side dish

Examples

HSK 6
Niúpái pángbiān fàng le yìxiē tǔdòuní zuò pèicài.
The steak came with some mashed potato on the side.
HSK 7-9
Zhè dào cài de pèicài shì qīngjiāo hé húluóbo.
The secondary ingredients in this dish are green pepper and carrot.

Tips

usage
In Chinese cooking 配菜 is mostly the vegetable that goes into the wok with the main ingredient: in 青椒炒肉丝 the pork is the main ingredient, 主料, and the green pepper is the 配菜. With Western food it is the side dish.

Stroke Order

配 pèi
菜 cài