Potato in Chinese (Mandarin): 土豆 (tǔdòu)
土豆
tǔdòu
potato
- Simplified
- 土豆
- Pinyin
- tǔdòu
- Typed as
- tudou
In Taiwan, people say 馬鈴薯 (mǎlíngshǔ) instead.
Use it in a sentence
土豆长在地下。
Potatoes grow under the ground.
The characters in 土豆
土
Earth, soil.
3 strokes
豆
Bean. It began as a drawing of a bowl on a stand.
7 strokes
土豆 is an "earth bean". In Taiwan 土豆 means peanut, and a potato is 馬鈴薯 (mǎlíngshǔ). French fries are 薯条 (shǔtiáo).
More examples with 土豆
我喜欢吃土豆。
我喜歡吃土豆。
Wǒ xǐhuan chī tǔdòu.
I like potatoes.
妈妈在切土豆。
媽媽在切土豆。
Māma zài qiē tǔdòu.
Mom is cutting potatoes.
How to write 土豆 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
土 3 strokes
豆 7 strokes
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