梅干菜
méi gān cài · salt-pickled sun-dried cabbage (or potherb mustard etc)
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 梅干菜
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor; (coll.) (one's) type
菜单càidānmenu; CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]
干净gānjìngclean; neat
干gàntree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; annoyed
饼干bǐnggānbiscuit; cracker; cookie; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
干杯gānbēito drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup