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菜豆

càidòu
noun #35,804

Meanings

  1. 1 kidney bean
  2. 2 common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)

Examples

妈妈用菜豆炖了一锅汤。
Māma yòng càidòu dùn le yī guō tāng.
Mom stewed a pot of soup with kidney beans.
菜豆是一种富含蛋白质的食物。
Càidòu shì yī zhǒng fùhán dànbáizhì de shíwù.
Kidney beans are a protein-rich food.

Tips

usage
菜豆 covers the common-bean species (kidney beans, French beans, navy beans). For the long green pods eaten as a vegetable, 四季豆 sìjìdòu or 豇豆 jiāngdòu are more common in everyday speech; 菜豆 is the umbrella/scientific term.

Stroke Order

菜 cài
豆 dòu