Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
椿
chūn
Description
椿是一种树，也可以指椿树的叶子和芽。
很多人喜欢吃香椿，它的味道很特别。
Meanings
椿chūn
a type of tree (the Chinese toon or camellia)
院子里种了一棵椿树。
香椿xiāngchūn
Chinese toon; its edible young leaves and shoots
春天的香椿很好吃。
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Notes
- Etymology
木 (tree) radical plus 春 (spring), a tree whose shoots are eaten in spring.
- Nuance
椿 most often appears in the compound 香椿 in everyday speech.
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