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Japanese Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
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PaeSaungLyaTee
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四棱豆

四稜豆
sìléngdòu
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 winged bean
  2. 2 Goa bean
  3. 3 four-angled bean

About the ingredient

蔬菜 Vegetables · In season: autumn

Green pods with four frilly wings along their length, like a small starfruit. Grown in the far south, from Hainan to Yunnan; the crisp young pods are blanched and dressed cold or stir-fried, and always cooked through.

Also called  四角豆、 杨桃豆、 翼豆

Examples

HSK 6
Sìléngdòu yuánchǎn yú Dōngnányà.
The winged bean is native to Southeast Asia.
HSK 6
Sìléngdòu héng zhe qiē, měi yí piàn dōu xiàng yì kē xiǎo xīngxing.
Sliced crosswise, every piece of winged bean looks like a little star.

Tips

memory
棱 means a ridge or edge. The pod has four frilly ridges along its length, so it is the 'four-ridge bean'. 龙豆 is another name.

Stroke Order

四 sì
棱 léng
豆 dòu