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做菜

to cook; to make dishes

做菜
zuò cài4th tone
Pinyin
zuò cài
Strokes
22
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 做菜

做菜 is written with 22 strokes (做: 11, 菜: 11). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

HSK 1-2. 做 (to make) + 菜 (dish). Common phrase for cooking food.

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做菜 appears in 1 Fluentide podcast episode at natural native speed. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.

Harold Moore 是一个做菜的人。

Harold Moore is a person who cooks.

Top Chefs Cook Fine Food and Reach for Taco Bell After Work

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