胡椒, photo 1 of 2
胡椒, photo 2 of 2

Photo credit

Photo
Black Pepper IMG 4866 - 02
By
Hubertl
Licence
CC BY 4.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

Photo credit

Photo
Black pepper on sale at the Monday Market in Kakuri, Kaduna 01
By
Kambai Akau
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Cropped and resized

胡椒

hújiāo
noun #10,568

Meanings

  1. 1 pepper

About the ingredient

调料 Seasonings

The small round fruit of a tropical vine, sold as black peppercorns or white ones with the skin removed. Chinese cooking favours white pepper, usually bought ground; its heat is sharp and dry, not the numbing of Sichuan pepper.

Examples

HSK 3
Qǐng gěi wǒ jiā diǎn hújiāo.
Please add some pepper for me.
HSK 6
Zhè dào cài fàng le tài duō hújiāofěn.
This dish has too much ground pepper.

Tips

usage
胡椒 refers to black/white pepper. 胡椒粉 is ground pepper. For chili pepper, use 辣椒.

Stroke Order

胡 hú
椒 jiāo