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Meaning of 蒜

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Pinyin: suàn
English Definition: garlic; Classifiers:
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:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (herb) conveys the meaning.
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Example Words
大蒜 suàn garlic; Classifiers: ,
鸡毛蒜皮 máo suàn 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
More: 蒜* | *蒜 | *蒜*
Example Sentences
1
She revolts from eating garlic.
2
He doesn't eat raw garlic.
3
Vegetables are frequently doused with vinegar and garlic.
4
Two wonderful inventions, the food mill and the garlic press.
5
Could I have the Garlic Chicken without the chillies?