hújiāo

胡椒

Word · Noun

pepper plant; black pepper; white pepper; spice

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Meanings

2 senses · 7 examples
1.

noun

black pepper plant; pepper vine (Piper nigrum)

An evergreen climbing vine native to South India. The unripe dried fruit is black pepper; the ripe seed with skin removed is white pepper. Used as spice and in medicine.

Hú胡
jiāo椒
yuán原
chǎn产
yú于
Yìn印
dù度
nán南
bù部
 。

Black pepper is native to southern India.

Zhè这
zhǒng种
hú胡
jiāo椒
téng藤
kě可
yǐ以
zhǎng长
dào到
shí十
jǐ几
mǐ米
gāo高
 。

This kind of pepper vine can grow to over ten meters tall.

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Nóng农
mín民
men们
zhèng正
zài在
shōu收
huò获
hú胡
jiāo椒
 。

The farmers are harvesting pepper.

2.

noun

pepper (spice); black pepper; white pepper

Refers to the dried fruit used as a condiment. Black pepper (黑胡椒) is the unripe dried fruit with skin; white pepper (白胡椒) is the ripe fruit with skin removed.

Qǐng请
gěi给
wǒ我
jiā加
diǎn点
hú胡
jiāo椒
 。

Please add some pepper for me.

Wǒ我
xǐ喜
huan欢
hēi黑
hú胡
jiāo椒
de的
wèi味
dào道
 。

I like the taste of black pepper.

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Zhè这
dào道
cài菜
xū需
yào要
yòng用
bái白
hú胡
jiāo椒
tiáo调
wèi味
 。

This dish needs to be seasoned with white pepper.

Tā他
wǎng往
tāng汤
lǐ里
sā撒
le了
yī一
xiē些
hú胡
jiāo椒
fěn粉
 。

He sprinkled some ground pepper into the soup.