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tofu / bean curd
HSK 4
bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; cellophane noodles / fan; enthusiast for sb or sth (loanword from "fans")
HSK 7-9
bean / pea / CL: 顆|颗
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豆* | 豆* | *豆
legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗,) / (old) stemmed cup or bowl
bean paste bun
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鴻* | 鴻* | *鴻
eastern bean goose / great / large
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *薰* | 薰* | *薰
sweet-smelling grass / Coumarouna odorata / tonka beans / coumarin
sweetened bean paste
a great blessing / daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku")
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *菽* | 菽* | *菽
legumes (peas and beans)
kidney bean
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蓉* | 蓉* | *蓉
paste made by mashing beans or seeds etc / used in 芙蓉, lotus
five crops, e.g. millet , soybean , sesame , barley 麥|麦, rice or other variants / all crops / all grains / oats, peas, beans and barley
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豉* | 豉* | *豉
salted fermented beans
mung bean
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
cotyledon of a bean or pea (i.e. either of the halves of a bean or pea) / thick bean sauce (abbr. for 豆瓣醬|豆瓣酱)
soybean milk / fermented bean curd
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) / yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) / (TCM) digua fig (Ficus tikoua Bur.)
to leak / to expose (sb's secret) / to spill the beans / to let the cat out of the bag
lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap. / One must live with the consequences of one's actions. / You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
bean sprouts
lit. small abacus / fig. selfish calculations / bean-counting
hyacinth bean / haricot
vermicelli made from mung bean starch etc
sticky chili bean sauce / doubanjiang
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
fermented bean curd
smoked bean curd
bean sprout
sweetened bean paste
rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod
lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom); petty and scheming selfishly / concerned with petty interests / selfish and uncaring of the interests of others / bean counter
(literary) stalk of a bean plant (when dried, used as a cooking fuel)
a small-minded person / a bean-counter
pea shoots / bean seedling
(bird species of China) taiga bean goose (Anser fabalis)
food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame)
star anise-flavored fava beans (snack from Shaoxing, Zhejiang province)
cowpea / black-eyed bean
yōkan, gelatin dessert typically made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar, sold in block form
amanattō, traditional Japanese sweets made from azuki or other beans
lit. cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom); fig. ignorant of practical matters
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蓽* | 蓽* | *蓽
bean / pulse
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
to reveal the truth / to spill the beans
string bean / snap bean / green bean
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *藿* | 藿* | *藿
Lophanthus rugosus / beans
black bean / black bean sauce
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *荳* | 荳* | *荳
legume; pulse; bean; pea (variant of )
yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root
burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife
green bean / French bean / runner bean
lit. cloth, silk, beans and grain (idiom) / fig. food and clothing; daily necessities
soy bean oil / (dialect) soy sauce
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豇* | 豇* | *豇
cowpeas / black-eyed beans
baked beans
douzhi, fermented drink made from ground mung beans / soy milk
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
coffee beans
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豏* | 豏* | *豏
half-grown beans / variant of 餡|馅
seed / grain / kernel / bean
(Tw) cellophane noodles; mung bean vermicelli
bean
kidney bean
tamarind (Tamarindus indica) tropical tree with bean-like fruit / pickled caper
taiyaki, Japanese-style waffle made with a fish-shaped mold, typically filled with a sweet bean paste
chickpea (Cicer arietinum) / garbanzo bean
mung bean cake (pastry with a rounded top, containing a sweet or savory filling made with cooked mung beans)
typhoon shelter (a cove where boats shelter from strong winds and rough seas, esp. in Hong Kong) / (attributive) typhoon shelter-style, a cooking method associated with those who lived on boats in the coves, where crab, prawn or other meat is fried and flavored with spices and black beans
fried beans, Sichuan style
azuki bean; red bean
qingtuan, green-colored dumpling originating from Jiangnan, traditionally made with glutinous rice mixed with mugwort and filled with sweet bean paste, usually eaten around Qingming Festival 清明節|清明节
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
to pour beans out of a bamboo tube / (fig.) to come clean; to make a clean breast of things
dragon bean / long bean
black bean sauce
green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish
lima bean, aka butter bean (Phaseolus lunatus)
red bean paste
loafers (the name comes from the rubber "pebbles", which resemble beans, on the sole of some loafers)
imagawayaki (sweet snack made of batter cooked in the shape of a car wheel, stuffed with azuki bean paste or other fillings)
a kind of flat cake made from bean flour, often cut up and fried
(orthography) consistent words (e.g. "dean", "bean", and "lean", where "-ean" is pronounced the same in each case) / consistent characters (e.g. 搖|摇, 遙|遥 and 謠|谣, which share a phonetic component that reliably indicates that the pronunciation of the character is yáo)
Sedum pachyphyllum (a succulent plant with red-tipped leaves); jelly bean plant
lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart
bean bag round
Mr. Bean (TV)
variable glycine (Glycine tabacina), a scrambling plant in the bean family
white kidney beans
(bird species of China) tundra bean goose (Anser serrirostris)
castor beans
pea or bean (dialect)
bean paste bun
yam bean / Pachyrhizus genus
bean bag round
"kopi luwak" or civet coffee, made from coffee beans plucked from Asian palm civet's feces
large metal plate for making bean curd / metal pot for warming wine

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