红薯

hóng shǔ

HSK 3.0 Level 7 Noun Rare

Definitions

1. sweet potato

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Word relationships

Register variants

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地瓜

dì guā

sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

北方常用叫法，和“红薯”指同一种东西

番薯

fān shǔ

(dialect) sweet potato

南方常用叫法，和“红薯”指同一种东西

Related words

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白薯

bái shǔ

sweet potato

一种块根为白色的甘薯品种

土豆

tǔ dòu

potato

马铃薯，另一种常见的根茎类蔬菜

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

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

red