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红薯

hóng shǔ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 紅薯

红薯 (hóng shǔ) means "sweet potato". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 红薯 means

1. sweet potato

The characters in 红薯

• 红hóngred; popular; revolutionary
• 薯shǔpotato; yam

Example sentences

• 我去炸一点红薯，然后在上面撒上糖。
  I'll sauté a few sweet potatoes and sprinkle them with sugar.

Words containing 红薯

• 当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯dāng guān bù wèi mín zuò zhǔ bù rú huí jiā mài hóng shǔif an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet…

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