Chinese Word: 蒜 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

蒜

Pinyin: suàn

English Definition: garlic; Classifiers: 头

Chinese Definition:
①多年生草本植物，地下鳞茎分瓣，按皮色不同分为紫皮种和白皮种。味辣，有刺激性气味，可食用或供调味，亦可入药(通称“大蒜”)：蒜头。蒜苗。蒜黄。蒜毫。蒜薹。

Total strokes: 13; Radical: 艸

Pictophonetic:祘 indicates the sound; 艹 (herb) conveys the meaning.

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大蒜	dà suàn	garlic; Classifiers: 瓣 ,头
鸡毛蒜皮	jī máo suàn pí	lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom); fig. trivial (matter)
蒜苗	suàn miáo	garlic shoot; garlic sprouts
蒜薹	suàn tái	garlic shoots (cookery)
装蒜	zhuāng suàn	to act stupid; to play dumb; to pretend to not know

1		tā 她 tǎo yàn 讨厌 chī 吃 suàn 蒜。 She revolts from eating garlic.
2		tā 他 chī 吃 bù 不 lái 来 shēng suàn 生蒜。 He doesn't eat raw garlic.
3		shū cài 蔬菜 jīng cháng 经常 huì 会 jiā 加 zài 在 cù 醋 hé 和 suàn 蒜 shàng 上。 Vegetables are frequently doused with vinegar and garlic.
4		shǒu mó 手磨 hé 和 yā suàn qì 压蒜器 zhēn shi 真是 liǎng jiàn 两件 liǎo bù qǐ 了不起 de 的 fā míng 发明！ Two wonderful inventions, the food mill and the garlic press.
5		nà 那 wǒ 我 kě yǐ 可以 diǎn 点 yī gè 一个 bù 不 fàng 放 là jiāo 辣椒 de 的 suàn 蒜 wèi 味 jī 鸡 ma 吗？ Could I have the Garlic Chicken without the chillies?

1		tā 她 tǎo yàn 讨厌 chī 吃 suàn 蒜。 She revolts from eating garlic.
2		tā 他 chī 吃 bù 不 lái 来 shēng suàn 生蒜。 He doesn't eat raw garlic.
3		shū cài 蔬菜 jīng cháng 经常 huì 会 jiā 加 zài 在 cù 醋 hé 和 suàn 蒜 shàng 上。 Vegetables are frequently doused with vinegar and garlic.
4		shǒu mó 手磨 hé 和 yā suàn qì 压蒜器 zhēn shi 真是 liǎng jiàn 两件 liǎo bù qǐ 了不起 de 的 fā míng 发明！ Two wonderful inventions, the food mill and the garlic press.
5		nà 那 wǒ 我 kě yǐ 可以 diǎn 点 yī gè 一个 bù 不 fàng 放 là jiāo 辣椒 de 的 suàn 蒜 wèi 味 jī 鸡 ma 吗？ Could I have the Garlic Chicken without the chillies?