water chestnut (dialect)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
water chestnut; Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)
dialectDialect term used in certain regions (e.g., parts of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai) to refer to 荸荠. Also written as 地利 in some dialect dictionaries.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
dì地
lì栗
shēng生
chī吃
hěn很
cuì脆
。
This type of water chestnut is very crunchy when eaten raw.
Wǒ我
qù去
cài菜
shì市
chǎng场
mǎi买
le了
liǎng两
jīn斤
dì地
lì栗
。
I went to the vegetable market and bought two jin of water chestnuts.
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Wǒ我
men们
jiā家
xiāng乡
bǎ把
zhè这
zhǒng种
dōng东
xi西
jiào叫
zuò做
dì地
lì栗
。
In our hometown, this kind of thing is called dìlì.