So many Chinese characters look very similar. The natives are used to those confusing characters. For the foreign eyes, however, they can be easily confusing. Let’s learn a 5 similar looking and easily confused characters.

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Here are the 5 similar looking characters we gonna learn:

米 来 采 菜 莱

Do you think they look similar? How many of these 5 characters you already know?

Don’t worry if you don’t know them. Let’s learn these Chinese characters!

Here are these five characters with pinyin and English.

1. 米 (mǐ): Rice; meter (a unit of length)
2. 来 (lái): Come; arrive
3. 采 (cǎi): Pick; pluck
4. 菜 (cài): Vegetable; greens
5. 莱 (lái): Weed; pigweed; a surname

If you don’t know these characters, make sure to learn them ASAP because these characters are some of the most frequently used Chinese characters.

Example Sentences

• 我不喜欢吃米饭。
• Wǒ bù xǐhuān chī mǐfàn.
• I don’t like to eat rice.

• 我马上过来。
• Wǒ mǎshàng guòlái.
• I will be right there.

• 我喜欢吃素菜。
• Wǒ xǐhuān chī sùcài.
• I like to eat vegetarian food.

• 她给我采了一束鲜花。
• Tā gěi wǒ cǎile yī shù xiānhuā.
• She picked me a bunch of flowers.

Chinese Words

• 马上 (mǎ shàng): Soon
• 米饭 (mǐ fàn): Rice
• 素菜 (sù cài): Vegetable dish
• 鲜花 (xiān huā): Fresh flower
• 束 (shù): A measure word for bunch of flowers