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椒

jiāo
noun #26,805

Meanings

  1. 1 pepper plant
  2. 2 any plant of the pepper family

Examples

辣椒和花椒都属于椒类植物。
Làjiāo hé huājiāo dōu shǔyú jiāo lèi zhíwù.
Chili peppers and Sichuan pepper are both members of the pepper plant family.
这道菜用了很多椒，非常辣。
Zhè dào cài yòng le hěn duō jiāo, fēicháng là.
This dish uses a lot of pepper and is very spicy.

Tips

usage
椒 rarely stands alone in modern Chinese. It is a component of key culinary words: 辣椒 (chili pepper), 花椒 (Sichuan pepper), 胡椒 (black pepper), and 甜椒 (sweet/bell pepper).

Stroke Order

椒 jiāo