小菜 meaning in English

xiǎocài

appetizer; small side dish

14 strokes

Meaning of 小菜

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiǎocài
  1. appetizer
  2. small side dish
  3. easy job
  4. piece of cake
  5. see also 小菜一碟[xiao3 cai4 yi1 die2]

小菜 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè儿ér周zhōu围wéi有yǒu没méi有yǒu小xiǎo菜cài场chǎng跟gēn大dà型xíng超chāo市shì,买mǎi生shēng活huó用yòng品pǐn方fāng便biàn吗ma?
Are there any markets or supermarkets around here? Is it convenient for daily shopping?
小xiǎo菜cài一yī碟dié。
It's a piece of cake.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

小 xiǎo · small · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

菜 cài · vegetable · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 小菜.

小姐xiǎojiěyoung lady; miss
小时xiǎoshíhour
小朋友xiǎopéngyǒuchild; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to
小学xiǎoxuéelementary school; primary school
小孩儿xiǎoháirerhua variant of 小孩[xiao3 hai2]
小学生xiǎoxuéshēngprimary school student; schoolchild
小心xiǎoxīnto be careful; to take care
小时候xiǎoshíhouin one's childhood
小组xiǎozǔgroup
小说xiǎoshuōnovel; fiction
大小dàxiǎolarge and small; size
从小cóngxiǎofrom childhood; from a young age

Questions about 小菜

What does 小菜 mean?

小菜 (xiǎocài) means "appetizer; small side dish".

How do you write 小菜?

小菜 is made of 2 characters: 小 (3 strokes), 菜 (11 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.