Chinese word dictionary

荠菜

jì cài · shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

Word information

Simplified荠菜
Traditional薺菜
Pinyinjì cài
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 荠菜

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.

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