姜 jiāng — (surname); ginger; ginger
做鱼汤的时候放几片姜可以去腥。Zuò yú tāng de shí hou fàng jǐ piàn jiāng kě yǐ qù xīng.Adding a few slices of ginger when making fish soup removes the fishy smell.
Common words: 生姜 (shēng jiāng)、干姜 (gān jiāng)、姜黄 (jiāng huáng)
Meaning Index
Chinese characters meaning "ginger"
Learn Chinese characters with the meaning "ginger", including 姜 (jiāng), 姜 (jiāng). Study pinyin, English meanings, traditional forms, common words…
How to Study This Meaning Group
The English word "ginger" covers 2 different Chinese characters — 姜 (jiāng), 姜 (jiāng) — and each is its own word with its own feel. These 2 characters happen to share the reading jiāng, so lean on the words and written forms to tell them apart. The example sentences further down show how 姜 and the others are actually used, so you learn them in context rather than as a single translation.
- 姜 jiāng(surname); ginger; gingerUseful words: 生姜, 干姜
- 姜 jiāng(surname); ginger; gingerUseful words: 生姜, 干姜
Common words for these 2 "ginger" characters
Anchor each of these 2 characters in a word you can picture — start with 姜 (jiāng) — so "ginger" turns into concrete usage instead of a one-to-one translation.
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姜 jiāng — (surname); ginger; ginger
做鱼汤的时候放几片姜可以去腥。Zuò yú tāng de shí hou fàng jǐ piàn jiāng kě yǐ qù xīng.Adding a few slices of ginger when making fish soup removes the fishy smell.
Common words: 生姜 (shēng jiāng)、干姜 (gān jiāng)、姜黄 (jiāng huáng)
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