青豆

qīngdòu
noun #34,395

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 green peas
  2. 2 green soybean (edamame)

Examples

HSK 6
Cūnshàng Chūnshù yǒu yí bù xiǎoshuō, nǚzhǔjué míngjiào Qīngdòu.
Haruki Murakami has a novel whose heroine is named Aomame (Green Peas).
HSK 7-9
Māma zuò le yì pán xiārén chǎo qīngdòu.
Mom made a plate of stir-fried shrimp with green peas.

Tips

usage
青豆 means different beans in different places: in some it is green peas (豌豆), the small round ones in fried rice; in others it is shelled green soybeans, the beans sold in the pod as 毛豆 (edamame). Menus and markets use it both ways.

In Pop Culture

青豆 Qīngdòu
Aomame
Female protagonist of Haruki Murakami's novel 《1Q84》(2009-2010); her Japanese surname 青豆 (Aomame, 'green peas') is rendered with the same characters in the Chinese translation.

Stroke Order

青 qīng
豆 dòu