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牙买加胡椒

Yá mǎi jiā hú jiāodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Jamaican pepper / allspice (Pimenta dioica)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

牙買加胡椒 牙买加胡椒 [Ya2 mai3 jia1 hu2 jiao1] /Jamaican pepper; allspice (Pimenta dioica)/

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Other forms in these source records: 牙買加胡椒

  • 牙
    yá

    tooth / ivory / CL:顆|颗[kē]

  • 买
    mǎi

    to buy / to purchase

  • 加
    jiā

    to add / (math.) plus / to increase / to augment / (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bù], 大[dà], 稍[shāo] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shāo jiā gǎi liáng] "make some minor improvements to (it)")

    Jiā

    Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jiā ná dà]) / surname Jia

  • 胡
    hú

    non-Han people, esp. from central Asia / reckless / outrageous / what? / why? / to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hú]) / used in 衚衕|胡同[hú tòng] / beard / mustache / whiskers

    Hú

    surname Hu

  • 椒
    jiāo

    pepper

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.