The Chinese word for pepper is
胡椒
hú jiāoChinese Definition
pepper | |
1. 名词. 胡椒粉;胡椒;辛辣(或富于刺激性)的事物 | |
Components | |
胡 | |
1. (obsolete) wattle; dewlap (fleshy lobe hanging from the head or neck of animals) | |
2. (obsolete) wattle-like object, such as pendent parts on implements | |
3. (literary) how; why; what | |
4. (historical) barbarian; a generic term for any non-Han peoples who lived to the north and west of China's borders | |
胡人 - foreigner | |
5. (historical) countries and peoples in the Western Regions, including Persia, Daqin, and in Pre-Tang texts, India | |
6. (by extension) introduced from the northern or western non-Han peoples or from abroad; non-Chinese; foreign; imported | |
胡桃 - walnut | |
胡蘿蔔 - carrot | |
7. Short for 胡琴, huqin; general term for two-stringed bowed instruments with origins in the western non-Han peoples | |
二胡 - erhu | |
板胡 - banhu | |
8. (historical) State of Hu in the Spring and Autumn Period in modern-day Anhui, conquered by the State of Chu in 496 BCE | |
9. (obsolete) black; dark-skinned | |
10. (obsolete) far; great; senior | |
11. outrageously; recklessly; wildly; foolishly | |
胡說 - to talk nonsense | |
胡搞 - to mess around | |
^胡 ^錦-濤 - Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 2002 to 2012 | |
12. Simplified form of 鬍 | |
13. Simplified form of 衚 | |
14. Variant of 葫 | |
15. Variant of 猢 | |
16. Variant of 蝴 | |
17. Variant of 糊 | |
椒 | |
1. (originally) Sichuan pepper | |
2. any similar plants and spices, such as pepper and chili | |
3. summit |
Translations for 椒 and their definitions
胡椒 | |
1. n. pepper, especially black pepper (both the plant and the spice) | |
2. n. Short for 胡椒粉, pepper powder | |
3. n. (Min Dong) nonsense; bullshit | |
4. n. (dialectal Mandarin) chili pepper; red pepper |
菜椒 | |
1. n. bell pepper; sweet pepper; capsicum |
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