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Now let's learn the Chinese word for French fries - shu tiao.
OK, different from sandwich, hamburger and salad. This word in Chinese is meaningful
- shu. The first character means potato and tiao is sticks. Potato sticks together is
French fries. Let's look at shu. The tough part is this grass radical. We know that potato
is a grass-like plant, and the lower part, here the lower part is pronunciation is exactly
shu. So this part is the pronunciation part, and this is tiao. Tiao in Chinese means long,
thin piece so it's stick or sometimes it means strips. Shu tiao together means French fries.
Ok let's write shu tiao again.
Shu tiao - French fries.