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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 小菜

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
小菜 xiǎo cài - appetizer
- small side dish
- easy job
- piece of cake
- see also 小菜一碟[xiao3 cai4 yi1 die2]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 9,872 20,353 10,879

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
小 xiǎo- small
- tiny
- few
- young
菜 cài- vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])
- dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2])
- (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
- (coll.) (one's) type

Other Words Containing 小菜

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
小菜 - - 9,872 20,353 10,879