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hồ tiêu

Pronunciation Northern /ho̤˨˩ tiəw˧˧/ Central /ho˧˧ tiəw˧˥/ Southern /ho˨˩ tiəw˧˧/
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pepper plant
Noun
pepper plant
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Noun
pepper plant Animals & PlantsTheme Food, Cooking & DrinksTheme PlantsTag

A climbing plant that produces small berries which are dried and used as a hot spice in cooking.

vi Gia đình tôi trồng hồ tiêu ở vườn sau.

en My family grows black pepper in the backyard.

Sense 2 Noun
peppercorn Food, Cooking & DrinksTheme

The small dried seed of the pepper plant that is crushed or ground to flavor food.

vi Bạn có muốn thêm một chút hồ tiêu vào món súp không?

en Would you like to add some pepper to the soup?

Parts
hồ / tiêu / 胡椒
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
胡椒
Candidates by syllable
hồ 湖 tiêu 椒
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
hố tiêu / black pepper / black pepper
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Use
đồng hồ / hồ sơ / cơ hồ / đông hồ …
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