Usage of the character 蒜
suàn
蒜
[蒜]
- garlic
- CL:頭／头 (tóu),瓣 (bàn)
suàntái
蒜薹
[蒜薹]
- garlic shoots (cookery)
bànsuàn
拌蒜
[拌蒜]
- to stagger (walk unsteadily)
qīngsuàn
青蒜
[青蒜]
- garlic shoots and leaves
suànwèi
蒜味
[蒜味]
- garlic odor
suànróng
蒜茸
[蒜茸]
- crushed garlic
- also written 蒜蓉 (suànróng)
dàsuàn
大蒜
[大蒜]
- garlic
- CL:瓣 (bàn),頭／头 (tóu)
shísuàn
石蒜
[石蒜]
- red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)
suàntái
蒜苔
[蒜苔]
- see 蒜薹 (suàntái)
suànmiáo
蒜苗
[蒜苗]
- garlic shoot; garlic sprouts
zhuāngsuàn
装蒜
[裝蒜]
- to act stupid
- to play dumb
- to pretend to not know
suànbàn
蒜瓣
[蒜瓣]
- garlic clove
suànróng
蒜蓉
[蒜蓉]
- minced garlic
- garlic paste
duōbànsuàn
多瓣蒜
[多瓣蒜]
- Chinese elephant garlic
zhuāngyángsuàn
装洋蒜
[裝洋蒜]
- to feign ignorance
suànróngqián
蒜茸钳
[蒜茸鉗]
- garlic press
xiāngsuànjiàng
香蒜酱
[香蒜醬]
- garlic sauce
- pesto
yāsuànqì
压蒜器
[壓蒜器]
- garlic press
jīmáosuànpí
鸡毛蒜皮
[雞毛蒜皮]
- lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom)
- fig. trivial (matter)
kètóurúdǎosuàn
磕头如捣蒜
[磕頭如搗蒜]
- lit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom)
- fig. to pound the ground with one's head
suànmiáochǎoròupiàn
蒜苗炒肉片
[蒜苗炒肉片]
- stir-fried pork with garlic