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香菜

xiāng cài

2-character word

What 香菜 means

1. coriander
2. cilantro
3. Coriandrum sativum

The characters in 香菜

• 香xiāngfragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic
• 菜càivegetable; greens; dish (of food); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor

Example sentences

• 韩国人不喜欢吃香菜。
  Hánguórén bù xǐhuan chīxiāng cài.
  Koreans don't like eating cilantro.
• 七个月前，一家名为苏克埃尔塔耶布的黎巴嫩社会企业的厨师开始教这些妇女新的烹饪技能，包括萨姆克哈拉 (在鱼里塞满松子、香菜和辣椒酱) 和马阿穆尔饼干等传统菜肴。
  Seven months ago, chefs from a Lebanese social enterprise named Souk el Tayeb began teaching the women new cooking skills, including such traditional dishes as samke harra — fish stuffed with pine nuts, coriander and chili sauce — and ma'amoul cookies.

Words containing 香菜

• 洋香菜yáng xiāng càiparsley

Sounds the same

Read xiāng cài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 湘菜Hunan cuisine