豆 dòu — bean; peas; bean; sacrificial vessel
妈妈用红豆煮了一锅甜汤。Mā ma yòng hóng dòu zhǔ le yì guō tián tāng.Mom cooked a pot of sweet soup with red beans.
Common words: 豆腐 (dòu fu)、土豆 (tǔ dòu)、豆浆 (dòu jiāng)
Meaning Index
Chinese characters meaning "bean"
Learn Chinese characters with the meaning "bean", including 豆 (dòu), 豆 (dòu). Study pinyin, English meanings, traditional forms, common words, and examples.
How to Study This Meaning Group
The English word "bean" covers 2 different Chinese characters — 豆 (dòu), 豆 (dòu) — and each is its own word with its own feel. These 2 characters happen to share the reading dòu, so lean on the words and written forms to tell them apart. The example sentences further down show how 豆 and the others are actually used, so you learn them in context rather than as a single translation.
- 豆 dòubean; peas; bean; sacrificial vesselUseful words: 豆腐, 土豆
- 豆 dòubean; peas; bean; sacrificial vesselUseful words: 豆腐, 土豆
Common words for these 2 "bean" characters
Anchor each of these 2 characters in a word you can picture — start with 豆 (dòu) — so "bean" turns into concrete usage instead of a one-to-one translation.
See each character in a sentence
Each character below is shown in a short example sentence with pinyin and an English translation — the quickest way to feel the difference between the 2 ways to say "bean".
豆 dòu — bean; peas; bean; sacrificial vessel
妈妈用红豆煮了一锅甜汤。Mā ma yòng hóng dòu zhǔ le yì guō tián tāng.Mom cooked a pot of sweet soup with red beans.
Common words: 豆腐 (dòu fu)、土豆 (tǔ dòu)、豆浆 (dòu jiāng)
All 2 characters
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