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tofu / bean curd
HSK 4
potato (CL:個|个) / (Tw) peanut (CL:顆|颗)
HSK 5
legume-based product / soybean product
HSK 5
soy milk
HSK 7-9
bean / pea / CL: 顆|颗
HSK 7-9
bean
Douban, a Chinese social networking website
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)
azuki bean; red bean
sweetened bean paste
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
soybean
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豆* | 豆* | *豆
legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗,) / (old) stemmed cup or bowl
almond tofu; almond jelly (dessert made with apricot kernel milk, sugar and agar)
soybean
cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) / fig. a girl's teenage years / maidenhood / a budding beauty
mung bean
string bean / snap bean / green bean
dried beancurd (tofu)
kidney bean
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
green soybean / green peas
cowpea / black-eyed bean
pea (Pisum sativum)
Fabaceae / Leguminosae / legume family (botany)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豆* | 豆* | *豆
legume; pulse; bean; pea (variant of )
nattō, a type of fermented soybean, popular as a breakfast food in Japan
bean sprout
soybean milk / fermented bean curd
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.
immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod
pea shoots / bean seedling
okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu)
hyacinth bean / haricot
soy bean oil / (dialect) soy sauce
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
G6PD deficiency (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency)
black bean / black bean sauce
(idiom) (of a girl) 13 or 14 years old; early teens; adolescence
green bean / French bean / runner bean
kidney bean
nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt) / mace / Myristicaceae (family of plants producing aromatic or hallucinogenic oils)
douzhi, fermented drink made from ground mung beans / soy milk
croton (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科 / croton seed, a strong purgative
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root
short-sighted / limited vision
(loanword) (coll.) idol
(fashion) model (loanword)
variant of 芸豆
dragon bean / long bean
hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything
fried beans, Sichuan style
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
to grumble / to chatter away incessantly
fodder
bean paste bun
baked beans
fermented bean curd
see 豆干
cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)
hot and sour shredded potato
coffee beans
Pac-Man (computer game)
mashed potato
sticky chili bean sauce / doubanjiang
to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
snow pea
four seasons beancurd
Mr. Bean (TV)
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
chickpea (Cicer arietinum) / garbanzo bean
red bean paste
to take liberties with (a woman) / to tease with sexual innuendo / to sexually harass / to take advantage of sb
fried tofu (cubes)
(literary) stalk of a bean plant (when dried, used as a cooking fuel)
loafers (the name comes from the rubber "pebbles", which resemble beans, on the sole of some loafers)
(bird species of China) taiga bean goose (Anser fabalis)
french fries / (hot) potato chips
stinky tofu / strong-smelling preserved beancurd / fig. rough exterior but lovable person
mapo tofu / stir-fried beancurd in chili sauce
green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish
lentil
lima bean, aka butter bean (Phaseolus lunatus)
pea shoots
dried tofu made in Daxi, a district of Taoyuan, Taiwan famous for its dried tofu 豆干
star anise-flavored fava beans (snack from Shaoxing, Zhejiang province)
bean sprouts
tamarind (Tamarindus indica) tropical tree with bean-like fruit / pickled caper
Tudou, a Chinese video-sharing website
chickpea
Croton, genus of evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科
bark of Croton tiglium used as purgative
Taxol (a.k.a. Paclitaxel), mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy
trivial / minute (size)

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