豆 (dau6 dau6*2 | dou4) : beans; peas

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豆

dau6 dau6*2

dou4

[1] beans; peas; bean-shaped; legume
[2] ancient stemmed cup/bowl (for food)

(Classifier(s): 粒)

1. Generally speaking, Jyutping dau6 is used for the first syllable of a bisyllabic term while dau6*2 is used for the last syllable.
2. For the meaning of [1], 豆 is interchangeable with its traditional form 荳.

Stroke count: 7

Level: 1

Radical: (#151)

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

豆

This word has been viewed 17720 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 25th Jun 2013 14:46

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乾煸四季豆 gon1 bin1 sei3 gwai3 dau6*2 gan1 bian1 si4 ji4 dou4 = dry (no water) stir fried string beans, Szechuan style

四角豆 sei3 gok3 dau6 si4 jiao3 dou4 = Four corner bean, winged bean. Legume plant.

豆漿 dau6 zoeng1 dou4 jiang1 = soybean milk

豆奶 dau6 naai5 = soy bean milk; soya bean drink

老豆 lou5 dau6 = father; dad (informal); the male protector of a prostitute 粵

豆芽 dau6 ngaa4 = bean sprouts

綠豆 luk6 dau6*2 = mung bean

青豆 ceng1 dau6*2 = green bean; peas

黃豆 wong4 dau6*2 huang2 dou4 = soybean; soya bean

紅豆 hung4 dau6*2 hong2 dou4 = red bean
See all 101 compounds (CantoDict reports 103 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 豆

佢哋結咗婚?呃鬼食豆腐咩。粵
They got married! You're kidding!

我唔沖涼係好芝麻綠豆嘅事嚟嘅啫，唔好喺到囉囉唆唆！粵
That I don't take a bath is such a trifling matter, stop nagging at me here!

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 豆
Unicode code for this character: U+8c46 (off-site link)

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