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black pepper

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

hu2jiao1 hújiāo

Meaning


Primary

black pepper

Alternatives

pepper

Mnemonic


胡椒 Black pepper is a sort of 椒 pepper that was once so valuable that wars were 胡 recklessly fought over it.

Usage


你 想 加 一 点 胡椒 吗?

Would you like to add some black pepper?

他 在 汤 里 放 了 胡椒。

He added black pepper to the soup.

我 什么 都 加 胡椒。

I add black pepper to everything.

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