葱
scallion; green onion
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How 葱 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “grass”) + 怱 (phonetic)
components: 艹 怱
How to remember it
onion · Heisig RSH #2131
flower + 匆 hurriedly + 心 heart
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 葱
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 金葱粉 | jīn cōng fěn | glitter (sparkling material) |
| 细香葱 | xì xiāng cōng | chive |
| 金葱胶 | jīn cōng jiāo | glitter glue |
| 洋葱圈 | yáng cōng quān | onion ring |
| 大葱 | dà cōng | leek; Chinese onion |
| 葱头 | cōng tóu | onion |
| 小葱 | xiǎo cōng | green onion; spring onion |
| 葱白 | cōng bái | the white part of a green onion or scallion |
| 葱花 | cōng huā | chopped green onions |
| 葱油饼 | cōng yóu bǐng | scallion pancake |
| 葱黄 | cōng huáng | yellow green |
| 青葱 | qīng cōng | scallion; green onion; verdant; lush green |
| 洋葱 | yáng cōng | onion (Allium cepa); bulb onion |
| 葱绿 | cōng lǜ | verdant |
| 算哪根葱 | suàn nǎ gēn cōng | who do (you) think (you) are?; who does (he, she etc) think (he, she) is? |
| 葱属 | cōng shǔ | genus Allium |
| 葱抓饼 | cōng zhuā bǐng | flaky scallion pancake (made with dough, not batter) |
| 倒栽葱 | dào zāi cōng | to fall headlong; (fig.) to suffer an ignominious failure |
| 葱岭 | Cōng lǐng | old name for the Pamirs 帕米爾高原|帕米尔高原[Pa4 mi3 er3 Gao1 yuan2] |
| 虾夷葱 | xiā yí cōng | chive |