菜叶

菜葉

càiyè

noun #37,642

Measure Word

一片菜叶 piàn

Meanings

1 vegetable leaves
2 leaf of a leafy vegetable

Characters

vegetable; dish

Examples

兔子很爱吃新鲜的菜叶。

Tùzi hěn ài chī xīnxiān de càiyè.

Rabbits love eating fresh vegetable leaves.

请把外面的老菜叶剥掉。

Qǐng bǎ wàimiàn de lǎo càiyè bāo diào.

Please peel off the tough outer leaves.

Tips

usage

菜叶 specifically means the leafy part of vegetables — the bits you eat or strip off. For tree leaves use 树叶 (shùyè); for tea leaves use 茶叶 (cháyè). The 叶 (yè) suffix attaches to many leafy compounds.

Stroke Order

菜 cài

叶 yè