Definition & Meaning

Words & phrases

Word usage

Similar-form characters

Characters with cong

cōng

葱

Initial:cVideo guide

Final(T3):ōngVideo guide

Radical:

Structure:Above to middle and below

Strokes:

12

Traditional:

葱

Level:

Vegetable NHSK 789－1 Yu Wen 2 CME 4More

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1
n.green onion
- dà cōng
  大葱
  green Chinese onion
- xiǎo cōng
  小葱
  shallot
- yáng cōng
  洋葱
  onion
2
adj.green
- cōng cuì
  葱翠
  fresh green
- cōng lǜ
  葱绿
  light green
- cōng yù
  葱郁
  verdant

Words and phrases with 葱

葱形饰
[word]ogee
葱花饼
[word]green onion pancake
葱心儿绿
[word]light green
葱臭
[word]alliaceous odour
葱翠
[word]fresh green
葱白
[word]very light blue
葱豉汤
[word]Chinese Green Onion Stalk and Fermented Soybean Decoction
葱黄
[word]greenish yellow; blanched scallion
葱属
[word]Allium

Word usage

common measure word
"葱" is often matched with measure word "根"or"把"or"捆".
- 一根葱
  one green onion
- 一把葱
  one handful of green onion
- 一捆葱
  one bundle of green onion

Similar-form characters to 葱

cōng
葱
hū
忽
huì
惠

Chinese Characters with pinyin cōng

聪
faculty of hearing; acute of hearing
匆
hastily
苁
used as a component of 草苁蓉
囱
funnel
枞
fir

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