胡椒

hújiāo

noun #10,568

Meanings

1 pepper

Characters

foreign; barbarian (historical)

Examples

请给我加点胡椒。

Qǐng gěi wǒ jiā diǎn hújiāo.

Please add some pepper for me.

这道菜放了太多胡椒粉。

Zhè dào cài fàng le tài duō hújiāofěn.

This dish has too much ground pepper.

Tips

usage

胡椒 refers to black/white pepper. 胡椒粉 (hújiāofěn) is ground pepper. For chili pepper, use 辣椒 (làjiāo).

Stroke Order

胡 hú

椒 jiāo