BEANS    豆子

VEGETABLE which contains SEEDS GROWING in LONG GREEN SHEATHS that can be EATEN.???
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 FOOD 37. 豆類作物。 菽，先秦時總稱；漢代以後專指大豆。 豆，漢代以後的總稱，口語詞。 荅，小豆。
Modern Chinese Criteria
HUANG JINGUI
Hypernym
  • VEGETABLES　PLANTS THE LEAVES of which are USED FOR FOOD. (anc: 6/0, child: 2)
  • PLANT　CREATURE that CAN NOT VOLUTARILY MOVE. (anc: 5/0, child: 11)
  • CREATURE　LIVING THING. (anc: 4/0, child: 3)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 5.66

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 121

    • Words (5 items)

    菽  shū OC: hnjɯwɡ MC: ɕuk 10 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmbeans; pulse; bean soup
    藿  huò OC: qhʷaaɡ MC: hɑk 7 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmleaves of bean plants; bean plants (staple food)
    豆  dòu OC: doos MC: du 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nbeans
    • nadVlike a bean 瓜剖而豆分
    茙  róng OC: njuŋ MC: ȵuŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nkind of bean
    荏  rěn OC: njɯmʔ MC: ȵim 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nbig bean