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西红柿
xī hóng shì



西红柿
tomato


Definitions

Chinese > English
西红柿
     1. Simplified form of 西紅柿
西紅柿xīhóngshì
     1. n. (chiefly Mainland especially Mandarin) tomato (from 19th c.)
     2. usage. Common term used in Standard Chinese in Mainland China (Putonghua).
English > Chinese
tomato
     1. 名词. 番茄、﹝大陸也稱之為﹞西紅柿
Components
西
     1. west; western
     2. (Cantonese, euphemistic) (syn of zh, 閪, tr=hai1)
     3. spin (noun)
           zh-co, 腳趾尾mei5-1 拉laai1西, to do a sidespin with one's little toe, C
     4. to spin; to cause to spin
     5. carrying spin
     6. to deviate from a path due to some force
           架 車 轉zyun3彎 嗰陣zan6-2 好 西。 - There was strong centrifugal force when the vehicle turned.
     7. to hit (rfclarify)
           (zh-co, 一嘢 西 落 佢 度, , C)
     1. Simplified form of 紅
hóng
     1. red
           紅色 (hóngsè) - red (color)
           紅茶 (hóngchá) - black tea, lit=red tea
           紅包 (hóngbāo) - red packet
           紅綠.色盲 (hónglǜ sèmáng) - red-green colour blindness
     2. (colloquial) popular; in vogue
           翻紅 (fānhóng) - to be popular again
           邁克爾·傑克遜 沒有 以前 那麼 紅 了。 (Màikè'ěr Jiékèxùn méiyǒu yǐqián nàme hóng le.) - Michael Jackson is not as popular as he used to be.
     3. the red clothes and bunting used on festive occasions
           披紅 (pīhóng) - to drape in red silk as a sign of honor or for festivity
     4. festive occasion; wedding
           紅白喜事 (hóngbáixǐshì) - weddings and funerals
     5. (figurative) revolutionary; Communist; Red
           紅軍 (hóngjūn) - Red army
           又紅又專 (yòuhóngyòuzhuān) - to have a procommunist mindset along with professional skill
     6. (business, finance) bonus; extra dividend
           分紅 (fēnhóng) - distribute or draw dividends
     7. (literary) flower
           殘紅 (cánhóng) - fallen petals
     8. (literary) beautiful woman
     9. (literary) blood
           落紅 (luòhóng) - to bleed as an indication of a broken virginity
     10. (euphemism, Cantonese, Hakka) blood tofu
           豬紅 - pig blood tofu
           雞紅 - chicken blood tofu
           Hong
           女紅gōng (nǚgōng) - the feminine arts (e.g. needlework, sewing, embroidery)
     11. (Placename in the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period in Chinese history, northeast of modern Tai'an, Shandong.)
shì
     1. persimmon
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