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豆

dòu

HSK 5 Character Traditional 荳 Measure word 颗、粒

What 豆 means

1. legume; pulse; bean; pea (variant of {豆|dòu})

Other readings

豆 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dòulegume; pulse; bean; pea; stemmed cup or bowl

Example sentences

• 鹰嘴豆泥
  Hummus?
• 那是豆腐。
  Nàshi dòufu.
  That is tofu.
• 这是豆腐。
  This is tofu.
• 我喜欢豆子。
  I like beans.
• 谁喜欢豆子？
  Who likes beans?
• 我喜欢土豆。
  I like potatoes.

Words starting with 豆

• 豆腐dòu futofu; bean curd
• 豆浆dòu jiāngsoy milk
• 豆子dòu zibean; pea
• 豆芽dòu yábean sprout
• 豆瓣dòu bàncotyledon of a bean or pea (i.e. either of the halves of a bean or pea)…
• 豆汁dòu zhīdouzhi, fermented drink made from ground mung beans; soy milk
• 豆角dòu jiǎostring bean; snap bean; green bean
• 豆花dòu huājellied tofu; soft bean curd
• 豆制品dòu zhì pǐnlegume-based product; soybean product
• 豆类dòu lèibean
• 豆沙dòu shāsweetened bean paste
• 豆腐渣dòu fu zhāokara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu)
• 豆腐脑dòu fu nǎojellied tofu; soft bean curd
• 豆奶dòu nǎisoy milk
• 豆乳dòu rǔsoymilk; (dialect) fermented bean curd
• 豆包dòu bāosteamed bun with sweetened bean paste filling; (Taiwan) beancurd skin sheet folded into a…
• 豆娘dòu niángdamselfly
• 豆干dòu gānpressed tofu; dried tofu…
• 豆油dòu yóusoy bean oil; (dialect) soy sauce
• 豆皮dòu pídried beancurd (tofu)
• 豆科dòu kēFabaceae; Leguminosae; legume family (botany)
• 豆沙包dòu shā bāobean paste bun
• 豆满江Dòu mǎn jiāngDumangang, Korean name of Tumen river 图们江
• 豆腐乳dòu fu rǔfermented tofu

Words containing 豆

• 土豆tǔ dòupotato; (Taiwan) peanut
• 大豆dà dòusoybean
• 红豆hóng dòuazuki bean; red bean
• 绿豆lǜ dòumung bean
• 黄豆huáng dòusoybean
• 豌豆wān dòupea (Pisum sativum)
• 臭豆腐chòu dòu fustinky tofu; strong-smelling preserved beancurd; fig. rough exterior but lovable person
• 咖啡豆kā fēi dòucoffee beans
• 蚕豆cán dòubroad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
• 毛豆máo dòuimmature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod
• 扁豆biǎn dòuhyacinth bean; haricot
• 巴豆bā dòucroton (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科…
• 爱豆ài dòu(loanword; colloquial) idol
• 拼豆pīn dòufuse bead craft (making pixel-style designs by ironing plastic beads); fuse beads
• 烟豆yān dòuvariable glycine (Glycine tabacina), a scrambling plant in the bean family
• 甜豆tián dòusugar snap pea
• 纳豆nà dòunattō, a type of fermented soybean, popular as a breakfast food in Japan
• 胡豆hú dòubroad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
• 菜豆cài dòukidney bean
• 酸豆suān dòutamarind (Tamarindus indica) tropical tree with bean-like fruit; pickled caper
• 青豆qīng dòugreen soybean; green peas
• 麻豆má dòu(fashion) (loanword) model
• 龙豆lóng dòudragon bean; long bean
• 吃豆人Chī dòu rénPac-Man (computer game)

Characters that look like 豆

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete
• 至zhìto arrive; most; to
• 直zhístraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable
• 呈chéngto present to a superior; memorial; petition
• 觅mì(literary) to seek; to find
• 亘gènextending all the way across; running all the way through

Sounds the same

Read dòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 斗to fight; to struggle; to condemn
• 逗to tease (playfully); to entice; (colloquial) to joke; (colloquial) funny; amusing
• 痘pimple; pustule
• 窦(literary) hole; aperture; (anatomy) cavity; sinus
• 读comma; phrase marked by pause
• 饾to set out food
• 脰(literary) neck
• 鬬variant of 斗
• 閗variant of 斗