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Meaning of 薯

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薯
Pinyin: shǔ
English Definition: potato; yam
Chinese Definition:
①(薯莨)a。多年生草本植物,地上有缠绕茎,地下块茎,可用来染棉、麻织品;b。这种植物的果实。
②(薯蓣)多年生草本植物,茎蔓生,块根为圆柱形,可食。通称“山药”。
③(甘薯)a。一年生或多年生草本植物,蔓匍匐地面。块根可食,亦可制糖和酒精;b。这种植物的块根。均通称“红薯”、“白薯”;亦称“番薯”、“山芋”、“地瓜”、“红苕”。
④(马铃薯)a。多年生草本植物,地下块茎可食;b.这种植物的块茎。均亦称“土豆儿”、“山药蛋”、“洋芋”。
Total strokes: 16; Radical: 艸
Pictophonetic:署 indicates the sound; 艹 (plant) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • 署 [ shǔ ] bureau, public office; to sign
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Example Words
红薯 hóng shǔ sweet potato
马铃薯 mǎ líng shǔ potato
白薯 bái shǔ sweet potato
番薯 fān shǔ (dialect) sweet potato; yam
木薯 mù shǔ cassava, a tropical tuber plant
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Example Sentences
1
解放前他靠吃野薯度日
。
Before liberation he subsisted on wild potatoes.
2
注重健康的厨师们很快便能端上一种新型超级食品
-
紫薯
。
Health-conscious cooks could soon be serving up a new superfood - the purple potato.
3
蕃薯
,
胡萝卜及其它深色水果和蔬菜都含有人体吸收后可转化为
维生素A
的物质
。
Sweet potatoes, carrots and other darkly colored fruits and vegetables contain substances that the body can change into vitamin A.
4
虽然研究人员只对紫薯进行了研究
,
但是他们相信红色皮和白色皮的土豆会拥有相同的效果
。
While the researchers studied just purple potatoes, they believe that red and white skin potatoes would do the same.
5
当你把意识该把这些营养价值加入到本周的食谱时
,
你将发现甜薯在提供这些营养的同时它也是低热量
。
When you see the nutritional values accompanying this week' s recipes, you' ll find that sweet potatoes offer all of this at a relatively low caloric price.