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jiāng
HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. ginger

Example Sentences

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我讨厌 味。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10752804)

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Words Containing 姜

干姜
gān jiāng

dried ginger

姜堰市
jiāng yàn shì

Jiangyan, county-level city in Taizhou 泰州[tài zhōu], Jiangsu

洋姜
yáng jiāng

Jerusalem artichoke

孟姜女
mèng jiāng nǚ

heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body

姜子牙
jiāng zǐ yá

Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[zhōu wén wáng] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[liù tāo], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū]

姜太公
jiāng tài gōng

see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[jiāng zǐ yá]

生姜丝
shēng jiāng sī

shredded ginger

姜黄色
jiāng huáng sè

ginger (color)

姜黄
jiāng huáng

turmeric

姜戎
jiāng róng

Jiang Rong (1946-), pseudonym of Lü Jiamin 呂嘉民|吕嘉民[Lu:3 jiā mín], Chinese writer

姜是老的辣
jiāng shì lǎo de là

see 薑還是老的辣|姜还是老的辣[jiāng hái shì lǎo de là]

高良姜
gāo liáng jiāng

Thai ginger

仔姜
zǐ jiāng

stem ginger

姜太公钓鱼,愿者上钩
jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu

Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose

姜石年
jiāng shí nián

Jiang Shinian (c. 2000 BC), birth name of Shennong 神農|神农[shéng nóng] Farmer God, first of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[yán dì] and creator of agriculture in China

黄姜
huáng jiāng

turmeric

姜汁
jiāng zhī

ginger ale

姜饼
jiāng bǐng

gingerbread

姜堰
jiāng yàn

Jiangyan, county-level city in Taizhou 泰州[tài zhōu], Jiangsu

生姜
shēng jiāng

fresh ginger

姜文
jiāng wén

Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director