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开胃菜
开胃菜
开胃菜
开胃菜
开胃菜
开胃菜
开胃菜
开胃菜

开胃菜 Pronunciation and Pinyin

开胃菜 Usage and Examples

appetizer

starter

hors d'oeuvre

主人通常都会支付账单,没人想要听到你抱怨关于开胃菜的价格或者小虾的个数。

The host generally pays, and no one wants to hear you gripe about appetizer prices or shrimp count.

我不要开胃菜。

I want to skip the starter.

The characters in 开胃菜

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
开
kāi4open, start, operate
胃
wèi9stomach
菜
cài12vegetable or dish

More words starting with 开

  • kāi开yì一xiē些wán玩xiào笑to make some jokes, to crack some jokes
  • kāi开yì一jiā家open a, start a
  • kāi开yè业opening a business, grand opening
  • kāi开yè业dián典lǐ礼opening ceremony, grand opening
  • kāi开yè业zhōu周nián年opening anniversary, business anniversary
  • kāi开yè业dà大jí吉Good luck with your new business!, Best wishes for your grand opening!
  • kāi开yè业shí时at the opening, when opening
  • kāi开yè业shí时jiān间Opening hours, Business hours
  • kāi开le了yī一opened one, started one
  • kāi开le了yì一xiē些opened some, turned on some
  • kāi开le了yì一jiā家opened a shop, started a business
  • kāi开le了yì一zhāng张issued, wrote out

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Questions about 开胃菜

What does 开胃菜 mean in Chinese?

开胃菜 (kāi wèi cài) means “appetizer, starter, hors d'oeuvre”.

How do you pronounce 开胃菜?

开胃菜 is pronounced kāi wèi cài in Mandarin Chinese.

How do you say “appetizer” in Chinese?

“appetizer” is 开胃菜 (kāi wèi cài) in Chinese.

How is 开胃菜 used in a sentence?

This page has 2 example sentences using 开胃菜, each with pinyin and an English translation.

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