洋蔥

See also: 洋葱

Chinese

ocean; foreign scallion; green onion
trad. (洋蔥/洋葱) 洋 蔥/葱
simp. (洋葱) 洋 葱
Literally: “Western green onion”.

Pronunciation


Noun

洋蔥/洋葱

洋蔥

  1. onion
    孩子們悄悄扔掉肉串上的洋蔥。 [MSC, trad.]
    孩子们悄悄扔掉肉串上的洋葱。 [MSC, simp.]
    Háizǐmen qiāoqiāo rēngdiào ròuchuàn shàng de yángcōng. [Pinyin]
    The children secretly threw away the rings of raw onions in their kebabs.
  2. (neologism, figurative) sad story; tearjerker
    內有洋蔥/内有洋葱  ―  nèi yǒu yángcōng  ―  There is a sad story behind [this incident]

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Bouyei: yangfcungy
  • → Zhuang: yangzcoeng
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