大豆 (dà dòu) — soybean | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

soybean

Measure word · 颗

大豆。
Wǒ měi tiān dōu chī yì xiē dà dòu.
I eat some soybeans every day.
大豆。
Nóng mín zài tián dì lǐ zhǒng le hěn duō dà dòu.
The farmer planted a lot of soybeans in the field.
大豆。
dà dòu Kě yǐ yòng lái zuò dòu fu hé jiàng yóu.
Soybeans can be used to make tofu and soy sauce.

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 says large, and 豆 is bean; together they name a large bean, the soybean.

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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.

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

豆 originally drew some kind of container. It was borrowed for its sound to write the plant name, so the picture and the meaning are unrelated.

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