甘薯 (gān shǔ) — sweet potato | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

sweet potato

Measure word · 个

甘薯。
Wǒ xǐ huan chī kǎo gān shǔ.
I like eating roasted sweet potatoes.
甘薯。
gān shǔ De yíng yǎng jià zhí hěn gāo.
Sweet potatoes have high nutritional value.
甘薯。
Nóng mín zài dì lǐ zhǒng le hěn duō gān shǔ.
The farmers planted many sweet potatoes in the field.

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.

甘薯 combines 甘, meaning sweet, with 薯, meaning yam or potato, naming the sweet potato.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

甘 originally drew an open mouth with something sweet inside it. This gives the sense of sweet or pleasant.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.