土豆
tǔ dòu
Pinyin

Definition

土豆
 - 
tǔ dòu
  1. potato
  2. CL:個|个[gè]
  3. (Tw) peanut
  4. CL:顆|颗[kē]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

土
Tǔ
  1. 1 Tu (ethnic group)
  2. 2 surname Tu
土地
tǔ dì
  1. 1 land
  2. 2 soil
  3. 3 territory
  4. 4 classifier: 片 piàn
  5. 5 classifier: 块 kuài
土豆
tǔ dòu
  1. 1 potato
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 (Tw) peanut
  4. 4 classifier: 颗 kē
红豆
hóng dòu
  1. 1 azuki bean
  2. 2 red bean
纳豆
nà dòu
  1. 1 nattō, a type of fermented soybean, popular as a breakfast food in Japan

Idioms (20)

入土为安
rù tǔ wéi ān
  1. 1 buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
兵来将挡，水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
刀子嘴，豆腐心
dāo zi zuǐ , dòu fu xīn
  1. 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback

Sample Sentences

冰箱里好像还有一个土豆。
bīngxiāng lǐ hǎoxiàng háiyǒu yāo ge tǔdòu 。
Seems like there's a potato left in the fridge.
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不会就吃一个土豆吧？
bùhuì jiù chī yāo ge tǔdòu ba ？
We're not just going to eat a potato, right?
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好吧！是不是要买青椒啊？炒个青椒土豆丝。
hǎo ba ！shì bu shì yào mǎi qīngjiāo a ？chǎo ge qīngjiāo tǔdòusī 。
OK! Should I get some green peppers? We could make fried green pepper and potato shreds.
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就是，昨天我让他给土豆削皮，我就说了啊，亲爱的，我买了四个土豆，这土豆啊一半削皮煮了。土豆削皮，这家事简单吧？
jiùshì ，zuótiān wǒ ràng tā gěi tǔdòu xiāo pí ，wǒ jiù shuō le ā ，qīn ài de ，wǒ mǎi le sì gè tǔdòu ，zhè tǔdòu ā yībàn xiāo pí zhǔ le 。tǔdòu xiāo pí ，zhè jiāshì jiǎndān ba ？
Exactly. Yesterday I asked him to peel the potatoes. I just said, "Darling, I've bought four potatoes, peel half of them and put them to cook." Peeling potatoes is a pretty simple task, no?
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是啊，就把两个土豆削了皮然后扔锅里煮就行了嘛。
shì a ，jiù bǎ liǎng gè tǔdòu xiāo le pí ránhòu rēng guō lǐ zhǔ jiù xíng le ma 。
Yeah, you just have to peel two potatoes then chuck them in a saucepan to cook, no?
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他把四个土豆，每一个都削了一半的皮！然后就这么扔进了锅里直接煮了！
tā bǎ sì gè tǔdòu ，měi yī ge dōu xiāo le yībàn de pí ！ránhòu jiù zhème rēng jìn le guō lǐ zhíjiē zhǔ le ！
He took four potatoes, and peeled half of the skin off each! Then he chucked them into the pot and cooked them directly like that!
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哈哈哈哈哈，你确定你老公不是在逗你玩儿吗？这也太扯了吧！怎么有人会把削了一半皮的土豆直接拿来煮呢？
hāhāhāhāhā ，nǐ quèdìng nǐ lǎogōng bùshì zài dòu nǐ wánr ma ？zhè yě tài chě le ba ！zěnme yǒurén huì bǎ xiāo le yībàn pí de tǔdòu zhíjiē nálái zhǔ ne ？
Ha ha ha, are you sure your husband wasn't playing with you? That's a little too ridiculous! Why would somebody cook a potato after peeling off half the skin?
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把土豆切成块儿。
bǎ tǔdòu qiē chéng kuàir 。
Take the potato and cut it into pieces.
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土豆
tǔdòu
potato
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嗯。放几块土豆进去。土豆熟得慢。再放点儿粉条。
ng4 。fàng jǐ kuài tǔdòu jìnqù 。tǔdòu shú de màn 。zài fàng diǎnr fěntiáo 。
Yeah. Put a few pieces of potato in. Potatoes cook slowly. Put some more bean-noodles in.
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