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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *汤* | 汤* | *汤
soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *涮* | 涮* | *涮
to rinse / to trick / to fool sb / to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table)
HSK 7-9
thick soup / puree
daily / (soup etc) of the day
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *羹* | 羹* | *羹
thick soup
to simmer / soup made by simmering for a long time
wonton; Chinese ravioli (served in soup) / Taiwan pr. [hun2dun5]
syrup / sweetened water / tong sui (sweet soup)
clear soup / soup stock
to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water
soup spoon / tablespoon / CL:
chicken stock / chicken soup / (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives)
soup ladle
noodles in soup
raw materials for making soup / packaged soup mix
noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup) / (dialect) flour
broth / clear soup / consommé
naengmyeon (Korean dish based on cold noodles in soup)
noodle soup / noodles in soup / noodle broth
clear soup / white broth, also called 奶湯|奶汤 / decoction of chrysanthemum, liquorice and certain other herbs
soup
Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *歠* | 歠* | *歠
(literary) to drink / to sip / gruel / soup
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *臐* | 臐* | *臐
lamb soup
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *膷* | 膷* | *膷
hashed beef / soup
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *糨* | 糨* | *糨
(of soup, paste etc) thick
soup / broth
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铏* | 铏* | *铏
soup cauldron / (arch.) sacrificial tripod with two handles and a lid / old variant of
hot spicy soup (often sold at street stalls)
pan mee, aka banmian, a Hakka noodle soup dish, popular in Malaysia
dashi (soup stock used in Japanese cuisine) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese)
soup plate
(often used disparagingly) feel-good motivational story or quote (from the Chinese translation of the title of the 1993 self-help bestseller "Chicken Soup for the Soul")
bak-kut-teh or pork ribs soup, popular in Malaysia and Singapore
(loanword) tom yum goong (Thai soup)
to prepare a soup
nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre
soup dishes (on menu)
to ladle out soup
laksa, spicy noodle soup of Southeast Asia
beef noodle soup
laksa, spicy noodle soup of Southeast Asia
kway chap (Teochew noodle soup)
miso soup
dough-drop soup (made by dropping small, irregular lumps of dough into the simmering broth)
borscht, a traditional beetroot soup
samgyetang, popular Korean chicken soup with ginseng, spices etc
hot and sour soup / sour and spicy soup
ching bo leung, an icy, sweet dessert soup
"mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other)
duck's blood and beef tripe in spicy soup
shark fin soup
(loanword) tom yum (Thai soup)
steamed soup dumpling
cabbage, rice and tofu soup
food relief center / soup kitchen
nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre
meat soup / broth
mushroom soup
rice noodle soup from Yunnan province
lit. a cup of soup / fig. to get part of the profits / one's share of the action
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
soup of the day
hand-shredded fish soup, a speciality of Shunde 順德|顺德
meat and bread soup (a specialty of Shaanxi cuisine)
Cantonese seafood soup
soup bowl
food relief center / soup kitchen
shark-fin soup
noodles in meat soup
clear soup containing beaten egg and green leafy vegetable / eggdrop soup


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