蒜泥 (suàn ní) — mashed garlic | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

mashed garlic

Examples

，蒜泥。
Zuò liáng bàn cài de shí hou, jiā diǎn suàn ní gèng hǎo chī.
When making cold dishes, adding some mashed garlic makes it tastier.
蒜泥。
Tā bǎ suàn ní mǒ zài miàn bāo shàng chī.
He spreads mashed garlic on bread and eats it.
蒜泥。
Zhè dào cài xū yào yì sháo suàn ní.
This dish needs a spoonful of mashed 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.

蒜 means garlic and 泥 means paste; together they name mashed garlic.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

氵尼泥

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

尼

尼ní泥nì

Same sound today

The left side is 氵, the water part; the right side is 尼, which gives the sound.

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.