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土豆tǔ dòu
potato
Definitions
| Chinese > English | |
| 土豆 | tǔdòu |
| 1. n. (mainland China) potato | |
| 2. n. (Taiwan) peanut | |
| English > Chinese | |
| potato | |
| 1. 名词. 馬鈴薯、﹝大陸也稱之為﹞土豆 | |
| Components | |
| 土 | tǔ |
| 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 | |
| 士 | shì |
| 1. (obsolete) unmarried male; bachelor | |
| 2. (obsolete) (honorific) man | |
| 3. (obsolete) general; high-ranking military officer | |
| 4. (obsolete) soldier; noncommissioned officer | |
| 士兵 - soldier | |
| 5. (historical) scholar-official (civil servant appointed by the emperor of China to perform day-to-day governance) | |
| 6. (historical) (self-appellation used by scholar-officials in ancient China, when addressing the emperor:) I; subject | |
| 7. (historical) a social stratum in ancient China | |
| 8. scholar; academic; intellectual; intelligentsia | |
| 博士 - doctor; doctoral degree | |
| 院士 - academician | |
| 9. (honorific, obsolete) (suffix for a virtuous, knowledgeable or skilled person:) commendable person | |
| 女士 - Lady | |
| 護士 - nurse | |
| 人士 - public figure | |
| 助產士 - midwife | |
| 10. (Chinese chess) adviser; guard; minister (usually only on the black side, in some sets on both red and black sides) | |
| 11. (obsolete) Alternative form of 仕 (to be an official) | |
| 12. =====Usage notes===== | |
| 13. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note low la (6̣). | |
| Synonyms: 四 | |
| 14. Simplified form of 土 | |
| 豆 | dòu |
| 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 | |
Pronunciation
tǔ dòu
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