蒜 (suàn) — garlic
Definition
Garlic — a bulbous cooking aromatic. The bulb is 头, the individual clove is 瓣; unlike 葱 (scallion/green onion), 蒜 has a papery white head you break apart.
noun
garlic
Measure word · 头, 瓣
Easily confused
Examples
- 蒜。Wǒ mǎi le liǎng tóu suàn fàng zài chú fáng.I bought two heads of garlic and put them in the kitchen.
- 蒜？Nǐ xū yào jǐ bàn suàn?How many cloves of garlic do you need?
- 蒜。Zhè dào tāng lǐ fàng le yì diǎn suàn.Put a little garlic in this soup.
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