How to Say ‘My mom cooked a lot of dishes’ in Traditional Chinese
我媽煮了很多菜
wǒ mā zhǔ le hěn duō cài
[wo mā zhǔ le hěn duō cài]
💬 Usage Tip: 菜 (cài) here means "dishes" in general, not just vegetables. 了 after 煮 shows the cooking is done.
Phrase Breakdown
我媽煮了
wǒ mā zhǔ le
my mom cooked
煮 means 'to cook' and 了 shows the action is completed: wǒ mā zhǔ le.
我媽煮了湯。
My mom made soup.
Words in this phrase
我
wǒ
[wo]
I; me
The first-person pronoun used to talk about yourself.
我想多了解你們公司的制度，所以先自我介紹。
I want to learn more about your company’s system, so I’ll introduce myself first.
媽
mā
[mā]
mom
Casual word for mother; also used by married people for their mother-in-law.
媽，我回來了。
Mom, I'm home.
煮
zhǔ
[zhǔ]
to cook; to boil
Verb for cooking food, especially by boiling or preparing meals.
他每天晚上煮飯。
He cooks dinner every evening.
了
le
[le]
completed action marker
Indicates an action has been completed.
他已經走了。
He has already left.
很多菜
hěn duō cài
a lot of dishes
菜 here means 'dishes of food': hěn duō cài.
桌上有很多菜。
There are a lot of dishes on the table.
Words in this phrase
很多
hěn duō
[hěn duō]
a lot; much
Indicates a large amount or degree.
今天人很多。
There are a lot of people today.
菜
cài
[cài]
dish; food
A prepared dish of food served at a meal.
這家餐廳的菜很好吃。
This restaurant's dishes are delicious.
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