HSK 5 · Food

土豆 tǔdòu “potato” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 土豆 means

  1. potato

How to say 土豆

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale土tǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale豆dòu4th tone, falling

土豆 in a sentence

  1. 把土豆切一下。

    Bǎ tǔdòu qiē yíxià.

    Cut up the potatoes.

    Sentence #431101 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 土豆很便宜的。

    Tǔdòu hěn piányi de.

    Potatoes are very cheap.

    Sentence #420268 from Tatoeba

  3. 他的鼻子看起来像土豆。

    Tā de bízi kànqǐlai xiàng tǔdòu.

    His nose looks like a potato.

    Sentence #1788118 from Tatoeba

How 土豆 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 土 (tǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
土tǔearth
  • 十ten · shí
  • 一one · yī
The character 豆 (dòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
豆dòulegume; pulse; bean; pea 颗,粒)
  • 一one · yī
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 一one · yī

How to write 土豆

土 3 strokes · 豆 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

土豆 (tǔdòu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 土豆 (tǔdòu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 土豆

Words with 土

土地tǔdì · land领土lǐngtǔ · territory土壤tǔrǎng · soil风土人情fēngtǔrénqíng · local customs and conditions

Words with 豆

豆腐dòufu · tofu

More words: Food & Dining

馒头mántou · steamed roll食物shíwù · food蔬菜shūcài · vegetables桃táo · peach胃口wèikǒu · appetite香肠xiāngcháng · sausage小麦xiǎomài · wheat宴会yànhuì · banquet

FAQs

土豆 (tǔdòu) means “potato”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it tǔdòu: tǔ with a 3rd tone, then dòu with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 土豆 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tudou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 土豆 from the suggestions. Typing tudou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
土豆 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.