| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 白菜 | bái cài | Chinese cabbage | |
| 白屈菜 | bái qū cài | greater celandine | |
| 菠菜 | bō cài | spinach | |
| 菜 | cài | dish (type of food); vegetables | |
| 菜單 | 菜单 | cài dān | menu |
| 菜地 | cài dì | vegetable field | |
| 菜鳥 | 菜鸟 | cài niǎo | newbie (slang) |
| 菜農 | 菜农 | cài nóng | (n) truck farmer |
| 菜蔬 | cài shū | vegetables, greens | |
| 菜園 | 菜园 | cài yuán | (n) vegetable garden |
| 菜籽 | cài zǐ | vegetable seeds; rapeseed | |
| 川菜 | Chuān cài | Szechuan cuisine | |
| 大白菜 | dà bái cài | (n) bok choy (Chinese cabbage) | |
| 豆芽菜 | dòu yá cài | bean sprouts | |
| 蓋菜 | 盖菜 | gài cài | leaf mustard |
| 甘藍菜 | 甘蓝菜 | gān lán cài | cabbage |
| 花椰菜 | huā yē cài | cauliflower | |
| 薺菜 | 荠菜 | Jì cài | Shepherd's Purse |
| 芥菜 | jiè cài | Brassica juncea | |
| 韭菜 | jiǔ cài | garlic chives | |
| 捲心菜 | 卷心菜 | juǎn xīn cài | cabbage |
| 魯菜 | 鲁菜 | Lǔ cài | Shandong cuisine |
| 拿手菜 | ná shǒu cài | specialty (dish) | |
| 納茜菜科 | 纳茜菜科 | Nà qiàn cài kē | Nartheciaceae |
| 奶油菜花 | nǎi yóu cài huā | creamed cauliflower | |
| 泡菜 | pào cài | (n) sauerkraut; pao cai (pickled vegetable) | |
| 芹菜 | qín cài | celery | |
| 青菜 | qīng cài | green vegetables; Chinese cabbage | |
| 上菜 | shàng cài | to serve, also to put on plate | |
| 生菜 | shēng cài | lettuce | |
| 蔬菜 | shū cài | vegetables; produce | |
| 素菜 | sù cài | vegetable dish | |
| 酸菜 | suān cài | suan cai | |
| 甜菜 | tián cài | beet | |
| 莧菜 | 苋菜 | xiàn cài | amaranth |
| 湘菜 | xiāng cài | Hunan cuisine | |
| 香菜 | xiāng cài | parsley | |
| 小白菜 | xiǎo bái cài | bak choy | |
| 莕菜 | Xìng cài | Nymphoides peltata | |
| 洋菜 | yáng cài | agar | |
| 野芥菜 | yě jiè cài | wild radish | |
| 油菜 | yóu cài | (n) rapeseed plant; canola plant; (n) common vegatable with a dark green leaf | |
| 油菜籽 | yóu cài zǐ | (n) coleseed | |
| 粵菜 | 粤菜 | yuè cài | Cantonese cuisine |
| 榨菜 | zhà cài | zha cai | |
| 中國菜 | 中国菜 | Zhōng guó cài | Chinese cuisine |
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