菜饭

菜飯

càifàn

noun #24,211

Measure Word

一碗菜饭 wǎn

Meanings

1 rice cooked with vegetables
2 a simple meal of rice and dishes
3 claypot rice (regional)

Characters

vegetable, dish, cuisine

rice, meal, cooked food

Examples

她做了一锅香喷喷的菜饭。

Tā zuòle yī guō xiāngpēnpēn de càifàn.

She cooked a pot of fragrant rice with vegetables.

苏州菜饭是一道传统的江南美食。

Sūzhōu càifàn shì yī dào chuántǒng de Jiāngnán měishí.

Suzhou vegetable rice is a traditional Jiangnan delicacy.

Tips

culture

菜饭 has regional variations: in Shanghai and Suzhou it refers to green-vegetable rice (青菜饭), cooked by mixing rice with bok choy and sometimes pork lard — a winter comfort food. In other areas it can simply mean a meal of rice and accompanying dishes.

Stroke Order

菜 cài

饭 fàn