大蒜 (dà suàn) — garlic | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

garlic

Measure word · 瓣

Examples

，大蒜。
Zuò fàn de shí hou, wǒ fàng le yì diǎn dà suàn.
When cooking, I added a little garlic.
大蒜。
Zhè zhǒng dà suàn de wèi dào fēi cháng nóng.
This kind of garlic has a very strong flavor.
大蒜。
Qǐng bāng wǒ mǎi liǎng tóu dà suàn.
Please help me buy two heads of garlic.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

大蒜 uses 大 to mean “big” and 蒜 for the garlic plant, naming garlic.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Appears in

Flavors & Seasonings Vegetables

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