豆瓣 dòu bàn

DEFINITIONS

  1. Douban, PRC social networking website
  2. cotyledon of a bean (i.e. either of the halves of a bean seed that can be split apart after removing the seed coat)
  3. thick bean sauce (abbr. for 豆瓣醬|豆瓣酱[dou4 ban4 jiang4])

CHARACTERS

豆 dòu
HSK 5
beans, peas; bean-shaped
瓣 bàn
HSK 6
petal; segment; valves