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西红柿xī hóng shì
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 | xī | |
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) | ||
红 | ||
1. Simplified form of 紅 | ||
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.) | ||
柿 | shì | |
1. persimmon | ||
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Pronunciation
xī hóng shì
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