Carrot in Chinese (Mandarin): 胡萝卜 (húluóbo)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 胡萝卜

• 胡

  Foreign, in old names for things from the north and west.

  9 strokes

• 萝 / 蘿

  A climbing plant; here part of 萝卜, radish.

  11 strokes

• 卜 / 蔔

  Part of 萝卜, radish.

  2 strokes

萝卜 (luóbo) is a radish, so 胡萝卜 is a "foreign radish": carrots came to China from the west. Say 卜 short and light.

More examples with 胡萝卜

• 胡萝卜是橙色的。

  胡蘿蔔是橙色的。

  Húluóbo shì chéngsè de.

  Carrots are orange.

• 我吃胡萝卜。

  我吃胡蘿蔔。

  Wǒ chī húluóbo.

  I eat carrots.

How to write 胡萝卜 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.

In Traditional characters: