西红柿 (西紅柿)
xī hóng shì
Pinyin

Definition

西红柿 (西紅柿)
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xī hóng shì
  1. tomato
  2. CL:隻|只[zhī]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

东西
dōng xī
  1. 1 east and west
西
Xī
  1. 1 the West
  2. 2 abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xī bān yá]
  3. 3 Spanish
西安
Xī ān
  1. 1 Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi 陝西省|陕西省[Shǎn xī Shěng] in northwest China
西瓜
xī guā
  1. 1 watermelon
  2. 2 classifier: 颗 kē
  3. 3 classifier: 粒 lì
  4. 4 classifier: 个 ge
西游记
Xī yóu Jì
  1. 1 Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
  2. 2 also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey

Idioms (20)

中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
  1. 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī
  1. 1 to go separate ways (idiom)
  2. 2 to part ways with sb
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
  1. 1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
夕阳西下
xī yáng xī xià
  1. 1 the sun sets in the west (idiom)
太阳从西边出来
tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái
  1. 1 lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hell freezes over
  3. 3 pigs can fly

Sample Sentences

她说，她听说这里的西红柿炒鸡蛋特别好吃！
tā shuō ，tā tīngshuō zhèlǐ de xīhóngshì chǎo jīdàn tèbié hǎochī ！
She said, she heard that the tomato (xihongshi) fried egg here is particularly tasty (tebie haochi)!
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其中黄瓜和西红柿的涨幅最高。黄瓜从每公斤三块五涨到五块六，西红柿从每公斤四块二涨到七块五。
qízhōng huángguā hé xīhóngshì de zhǎngfú zuì gāo 。huángguā cóng měi gōngjīn sān kuài wǔ zhǎng dào wǔ kuài liù ，xīhóngshì cóng měi gōngjīn sì kuài èr zhǎng dào qī kuài wǔ 。
Among these, cucumbers and tomatoes experienced the largest percentage of increase. Cucumbers went from 3.5 kuai per kilo to 5.6. Tomatoes rose from 4.2 to 6.5.
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新闻里还少报了。现在卖菜的简直跟抢钱的一样。本来想买个西红柿的，一问要五块钱一斤，吓死人了。
xīnwén lǐ hái shǎo bào le 。xiànzài màicài de jiǎnzhí gēn qiǎngqián de yīyàng 。běnlái xiǎng mǎi ge xīhóngshì de ，yī wèn yào wǔ kuài qián yī jīn ，xiàsǐ rén le 。
The media also underreported the figures. Selling food right now really is like highway robbery. Originally I wanted to buy a tomato, but when I heard the price was 5 RMB a kilo, it practically scared me to death.
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哦，你不吃西红柿。香菜呢，吃吗？
ò ，nǐ bù chī xīhóngshì 。xiāngcài ne ，chī ma ？
Oh, you don't eat tomatoes. What about cilantro? Do you eat that?
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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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嗯。里面有蒜和辣椒，还有胡萝卜丝西红柿片儿和黄瓜丝。
ng4 。lǐmiàn yǒu suàn hé làjiāo ，háiyǒu húluóbo sī xīhóngshì piànr hé huángguā sī 。
Yeah. There's garlic, chilis, some shredded carrot, tomato slices and shredded cucumber in it.
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