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吐司

tǔ sī

2-character word

What 吐司 means

1. sliced bread (loanword from "toast")

The characters in 吐司

• 吐tùto vomit; to throw up
• 司sīto take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)

Example sentences

• 惠子，你有奶油吐司吗？
  Huìzi, nǐ yǒu nǎiyóu tǔsī ma?
  Keiko, do you have any buttered toast?
• 法式吐司最适合搭配菠菜浓汤。
  French toast is best with spinach pottage.
• 汤姆往他的吐司上放了许多蜂蜜。
  Tāngmǔ wǎng tā de tǔsī shàng fàng le xǔduō fēngmì.
  Tom put a lot of honey on his toast.
• 你想让我在你的吐司上涂黄油吗？
  Would you like me to butter your toast?
• 我今天早上只吃了一块吐司和喝了一杯咖啡。
  Wǒ jīntiān zǎoshang zhǐ chī le yīkuài tǔsī hé hē le yī bēi kāfēi.
  I only had a piece of toast and a cup of coffee this morning.

Sounds the same

Read tǔ sī, tone for tone, but written differently.

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