Usage of the character 蔻
kòu
蔻
[蔻]
- used in 豆蔻 (dòukòu)
Lánkòu
兰蔻
[蘭蔻]
- Lancôme, French cosmetics brand
kòudān
蔻丹
[蔻丹]
- nail polish (loanword, from "Cutex")
dòukòu
豆蔻
[豆蔻]
- cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)
- fig. a girl's teenage years
- maidenhood
- a budding beauty
kòukòu
蔻蔻
[蔻蔻]
- (loanword) cocoa
xiǎodòukòu
小豆蔻
[小豆蔻]
- Indian cardamom (Amomum cardamomum)
báidòukòu
白豆蔻
[白豆蔻]
- cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)
ròudòukòu
肉豆蔻
[肉豆蔻]
- nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt)
- mace
- Myristicaceae (family of plants producing aromatic or hallucinogenic oils)
ròudòukòukē
肉豆蔻科
[肉豆蔻科]
- Myristicaceae (family of plants including nutmeg)
dòukòuniánhuá
豆蔻年华
[豆蔻年華]
- (idiom) (of a girl) 13 or 14 years old; early teens; adolescence