薯 (shǔ): potato, yam
薯 (shǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “potato.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (semantic) and 署 (phonetic). It ranks #2892 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 薯 plant. Its radical form 艹 (grass) appears in many related characters such as 花 (huā, flower), 茶 (chá, tea), 菜 (cài, vegetable, dish).
Definitions
- potato
- yam
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 薯
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 薯条 | shǔ tiáo | french fries |
| 马铃薯 | mǎ líng shǔ | potato |
| 木薯 | mù shǔ | cassava, a tropical tuber plant |
| 甘薯 | gān shǔ | sweet potato |
| 红薯 | hóng shǔ | sweet potato |
| 番薯 | fān shǔ | (dialect) sweet potato |
| 当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯 | dāng guān bù wèi mín zuò zhǔ bù rú huí jiā mài hóng shǔ | if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes |
| 炸薯条 | zhá shǔ tiáo | french fries |
| 炸薯片 | zhá shǔ piàn | potato chip |
| 种薯 | zhǒng shǔ | seed tuber |
| 炸薯球 | zhà shǔ qiú | tater tot |
| 白薯 | bái shǔ | sweet potato |
| 参薯 | shēn shǔ | Dioscorea alata (Kinampay or aromatic purple yam, a sweet root crop) |
| 马铃薯泥 | mǎ líng shǔ ní | mashed potato |
| 豆薯属 | dòu shǔ shǔ | yam bean |
薯 appears in 23 compound words: 26 as the first character, 48 as the last, and 26 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 薯 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
这个薯字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gě shǔ zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
The character "薯" had different meanings in ancient Chinese.
甘肃定西:马铃薯、中药材农机订单赶制忙
gān sù dìng xī : mǎ líng shǔ , zhōng yào cái nóng jī dìng dān gǎn zhì máng
Dingxi, Gansu: Farmers Rush to Fulfill Orders for Potato and Medicinal Herb Harvesting Machinery
拿笃夫妻带病童返乡陷困境 马玲薯叔叔伸援手
ná 笃 fū qī dài bìng tóng fǎn xiāng xiàn kùn jìng mǎ 玲 shǔ shū shū shēn yuán shǒu
Nantuk Couple Faces Hardship While Returning Home with Sick Child; "Uncle Potato" Comes to the Rescue
为什么医院门口很多卖烤红薯的,为什么不卖别的?
wéi shén má yī yuàn mén kǒu hěn duō mài kǎo hóng shǔ de , wéi shén má bù mài bié de ?
Why are there so many vendors selling roasted sweet potatoes outside hospitals? Why don’t they sell anything else?
为什么全中国的医院门口,都有一个烤红薯摊?卖烤红薯真能赚钱?#奇怪的知识 #社...
wéi shén má quán zhōng guó de yī yuàn mén kǒu , dōu yǒu yī gè kǎo hóng shǔ tān ? mài kǎo hóng shǔ zhēn néng zhuàn qián ? qí guài de zhī shí shè . . .
Why is there a roasted sweet potato stand outside every hospital in China? Is selling roasted sweet potatoes really profitable? #WeirdFacts #Society...
...炸饺”香气爆棚、松饼堡加10元爽吃“现炸薯饼”
. . . zhà jiǎo xiāng qì bào péng , sōng bǐng bǎo jiā 1 0 yuán shuǎng chī xiàn zhà shǔ bǐng
... Fried dumplings are full of aroma, muffin burgers add 10 yuan to eat "freshly fried hash browns"
史蒂芬递给伊莎贝拉一袋薯片。
Shǐ dì fēn dì gěi yī shā Bèilā yī dài shǔpiàn.
Stefan handed Isabella a bag of chips.
你最喜欢用什么方式煮马铃薯？
Nǐ zuì xǐhuan yòng shénme fāngshì zhǔ mǎlíngshǔ?
What's your favorite way to cook potatoes?
薯条蘸蛋黄酱很好吃！
Shǔtiáo zhàn dànhuángjiàng hěn hǎochī!
Chips with mayonnaise is delicious!
洋葱比马铃薯快熟。
Yángcōng bǐ mǎlíngshǔ kuài shú.
Onions cook more quickly than potatoes.
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