The Chinese word for potato is
土豆
tǔ dòuChinese Definition
potato | |
1. 名词. 馬鈴薯、﹝大陸也稱之為﹞土豆 | |
Components | |
土 | |
1. earth; soil | |
土堆 - mound; hillock | |
這兒r 的 土 夠 肥 的。 - The soil here is quite fertile. | |
2. (dialectal) dust | |
3. land | |
國土 - territory | |
寸土不讓 - to not give up a single inch of one's territory | |
4. crude opium | |
煙土 - crude opium | |
5. hometown; native place | |
故土 - native land; native place | |
6. local; native; indigenous | |
土著 - aboriginal | |
土話 - local dialect | |
7. rustic; unsophisticated; uncouth; vulgar; tasteless; uncultured | |
我 覺得 東北話 實在 太 土 了。 - I think that Northeastern Mandarin is too rustic. | |
8. indigenous; traditional and used by the common people | |
土法 - traditional method used by the common people; indigenous method | |
土 槍 - gun manufactured using indigenous methods | |
9. the Tu ethnic group; Monguor people; White Mongol | |
10. Short for 土耳其, Turkey | |
^俄 ^土 戰爭 - Russo-Turkish War | |
11. Only used in 土門 (tr=Túmén) | |
12. Simplified form of 士 | |
豆 | |
1. pod-bearing plant or its seeds; bean; pea | |
綠豆 - mung bean | |
蠶豆 - fava bean | |
豌豆 - pea | |
2. bean-shaped object | |
咖啡豆 - coffee bean | |
3. (historical) stemmed shallow bowl on a round base, often with a lid and sometimes with handles, initially earthenware and used as a food container, later also made of wood or bronze and used to hold m |
Translations for 豆 and their definitions
土豆 | |
1. n. (mainland China) potato | |
2. n. (Taiwan) peanut |
馬鈴薯 | |
1. n. potato (Solanum tuberosum) |
马铃薯 | |
1. Simplified form of 馬鈴薯 |
洋芋 | |
1. n. (regional) potato |
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