洋葱 (洋蔥)
yáng cōng
Pinyin

Definition

洋葱 (洋蔥)
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yáng cōng
  1. onion (Allium cepa)
  2. bulb onion

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

大洋
dà yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 (old) silver dollar
太平洋
Tài píng Yáng
  1. 1 Pacific Ocean
洋
yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 vast
  3. 3 foreign
  4. 4 silver dollar or coin
洋气
yáng qì
  1. 1 Western style
  2. 2 foreign flavor
  3. 3 trendy
  4. 4 fashionable
洋溢
yáng yì
  1. 1 brimming with
  2. 2 steeped in

Idioms (11)

喜气洋洋
xǐ qì yáng yáng
  1. 1 full of joy (idiom); jubilation
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
  1. 1 combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
崇洋媚外
chóng yáng mèi wài
  1. 1 to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
望洋兴叹
wàng yáng xīng tàn
  1. 1 lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
洋场恶少
yáng chǎng è shào
  1. 1 city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)

Sample Sentences

洋葱
yángcōng
onion
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我不吃西红柿。黄瓜和洋葱可以。
wǒ bù chī xīhóngshì 。huángguā hé yángcōng kěyǐ 。
I don't eat tomatoes. Cucumbers and onions are okay.
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黄瓜、西红柿、洋葱。吃吗？
huángguā 、xīhóngshì 、yángcōng 。chī ma ？
Cucumbers, tomatoes, onions. Do you eat them?
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我想买黄瓜，土豆，番茄和洋葱。
wǒ xiǎng mǎi huángguā ，tǔdòu ，fānqié hé yángcōng 。
I’d like to buy cucumbers, potatoes, tomatoes and onions.
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薄的。还有，我不要洋葱。
báo de 。háiyǒu ，wǒ bù yào yángcōng 。
Thin. Also, I don't want onions.
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腊肠披萨没有洋葱。要多加奶酪吗？
làcháng pīsa méiyǒu yángcōng 。yào duō jiā nǎilào ma ？
The pepperoni pizza doesn't have onions. Would you like extra cheese?
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一个人长得像洋葱，所以他天天哭。
yī ge rén zhǎng de xiàng yángcōng ，suǒyǐ tā tiāntiān kū 。
There was a person who looked like an onion, so he cried every day.
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