豆角 (dòu jiǎo) — green beans (snap beans); string beans

Definition

noun

green beans (snap beans)string beans

Measure word · 根

豆角，豆角。
Wǒ mǎi le yì xiē dòu jiǎo, dǎ suàn zuò chǎo dòu jiǎo.
I bought some green beans and plan to stir-fry them.
豆角。
dòu jiǎo Xū yào xiān zhǔ shú zài chǎo.
Green beans need to be boiled before stir-frying.
豆角。
Jīn tiān chāo shì de dòu jiǎo hěn xīn xiān.
Today the green beans at the supermarket are very fresh.

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.

The bean meaning of 豆 specifies the pod meaning of 角, giving a bean pod.

Characters in this word

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.

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

The form 角 is a picture of a horn.