家常菜 (jiāchángcài): home cooking

Measure Word

一道家常菜 dào

Meanings

1 home cooking
2 everyday home dishes
3 homestyle food

Characters

ordinary; everyday; common

菜

cài

dish; vegetable; food

Examples

HSK 1

她最喜欢吃妈妈做的家常菜。

Tā zuì xǐhuān chī māma zuò de jiāchángcài.

She loves the home-cooked dishes her mother makes most.

HSK 7-9

这家餐厅主打家常菜，价格实惠。

Zhèjiā cāntīng zhǔ dǎ jiāchángcài, jiàgé shíhuì.

This restaurant specializes in homestyle cooking at affordable prices.

HSK 7-9

简简单单的家常菜往往最让人怀念。

Jiǎnjiǎndāndan de jiāchángcài wǎngwǎng zuì ràng rén huáiniàn.

Simple home-cooked dishes are often what people miss the most.

Tips

memory

家 = home, 常 = ordinary/everyday, 菜 = dish/vegetable. So 家常菜 is literally 'home's everyday dishes' - the unpretentious food of family life.

Stroke Order

家 jiā

常 cháng

菜 cài

Related Words

家常 jiācháng #24,671

everyday life of a family / home-style / ordinary domestic matters

家常便饭 jiācháng-biànfàn #15,879

simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary

家园 jiāyuán HSK 6 #5,606

home; homeland; homestead / home (figurative, often used sentimentally)

家里 jiālǐ HSK 1 #696

home / at home

家中 jiāzhōng #6,469

at home / in the home / in one's family

家门口 jiāménkǒu #8,748

doorstep; right outside one's home / on one's own turf; close to home

离家 líjiā #4,971

to leave home / to be away from home

回家 huíjiā HSK 1 #373

to go home / to return home

家 jiā HSK 1 #157

home / family / house

家居 jiājū #16,317

home / residence / home furnishing / to stay at home (unemployed)