椒 (ziu1 | jiao1) : hot spice plant

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椒

ziu1

jiao1

hot spiced plant; pepper

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

椒

This word has been viewed 6900 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Mar 2014 03:38

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花椒 faa1 ziu1 hua1 jiao1 = Sichuan pepper; Chinese prickly ash

甜椒 tim4 ziu1 tian2 jiao1 = sweet pepper

椒鹽 ziu1 jim4 = spiced salt

辣椒 laat6 ziu1 la4 jiao1 = hot pepper; chili pepper; capsicum

胡椒 wu4 ziu1 hu2 jiao1 = pepper; [粵]: narcotics

青椒 ceng1 ziu1 = green pepper; bell pepper

胡椒粉 wu4 ziu1 fan2 hu2 jiao1 fen3 = pepper

燈籠椒 dang1 lung4 ziu1 = sweet pepper; sweet bell pepper; capsicum

辣椒醬 laat6 ziu1 zoeng3 la4 jiao1 jiang4 = chili sauce

辣椒醬漢堡 laat6 ziu1 zoeng3 hon3 bou2 = chiliburger
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Decimal representation of this word: 椒
Unicode code for this character: U+6912 (off-site link)

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