芸豆 (yún dòu) — kidney bean

Definition

noun
kidney bean
Measure word · 颗

Examples

  • 芸豆。
    Wǒ zài chāo shì mǎi le yí dài yún dòu.
    I bought a bag of kidney beans at the supermarket.
  • 芸豆。
    yún dòu Kě yǐ dùn tāng hē.
    Kidney beans can be stewed for soup.
  • 芸豆。
    Zhè dào cài jiā le yún dòu.
    This dish has kidney beans added.

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.

芸yúna plant
豆dòubean

The 芸 plant name and 豆 bean combine for the kidney bean.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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