醋
cù
vinegar
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 这道菜要加一点醋才好吃。This dish tastes good only with a bit of vinegar.
- 看到女朋友和别人说笑,他就吃醋了。Seeing his girlfriend laughing with others, he got jealous.
Collocations
加醋米醋吃醋一瓶醋
Mnemonic
醋 cù "vinegar": a single-character word. The 酉 "wine jar" radical marks it as a fermented product (wine fermented further becomes vinegar). ① the seasoning vinegar ② figuratively, 吃醋 (to eat vinegar) = to be jealous in love.
Related
调料酱油盐糖
Quick check
What does the figurative 吃醋 mean?