Mǎlíngshǔ shì shìjiè shàng zhòngyào de liángshi zuòwù.
The potato is an important food crop in the world.
Tips
usage
马铃薯 is the formal/written term for potato. In daily speech, most Chinese say 土豆 ('earth bean') in the north or 洋芋 ('foreign taro') in the southwest. 马铃薯 appears in textbooks, menus, and official contexts.
memory
Horse bell tuber - imagine a potato shaped like the bell that hangs from a horse's neck. The name stuck from the resemblance.
