红薯

hóng shǔ

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HSK 3.0 Level 7 Noun Rare

Definitions

1. sweet potato

Word relationships

Register variants

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• 地瓜 dì guā 地瓜 dì guā sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) 北方常用叫法，和“红薯”指同一种东西: sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
• 番薯 fān shǔ 番薯 fān shǔ (dialect) sweet potato 南方常用叫法，和“红薯”指同一种东西: (dialect) sweet potato

Related words

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• 白薯 bái shǔ 白薯 bái shǔ sweet potato 一种块根为白色的甘薯品种: sweet potato
• 土豆 tǔ dòu 土豆 tǔ dòu potato 马铃薯，另一种常见的根茎类蔬菜: potato

Usage notes

Collocations

常与“烤”搭配，如“烤红薯”，表示烤制后的红薯。

Common mistakes

注意与“马铃薯（土豆）”区分，“红薯”和“土豆”是不同的作物。

Example Sentences

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我今天在街上买了一个烤 红薯 。

Today I bought a roasted sweet potato on the street.

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Words Containing 红薯

• 当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯 当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯 dāng guān bù wèi mín zuò zhǔ bù rú huí jiā mài hóng shǔ: if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes

Child Words of 红薯

• 红 红 hóng: red
• 薯 薯 shǔ: potato