胡萝卜 (hú luó bo) means “carrot” | MotiTan Chinese Dictionary

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妈妈把胡萝卜切成小块。mā mā bǎ hú luó bo qiè chéng xiǎo kuài

Mom cut the carrot into small pieces.

An edible root vegetable that grows underground and is often orange, crisp, and long.

萝卜luó bo: A root vegetable that grows underground and may have a round or long shape.

一种长在土里、根部可以食用的蔬菜。yì zhǒng zhǎng zài tǔ lǐ gēn bù ké yǐ shí yòng de shū cài

胡 (hú, "foreign") + 萝卜 (luóbo, "radish") names a radish-like root that was regarded as foreign when carrots entered China.

For a single carrot, Chinese uses the long-object classifier 根 (gēn, "long, slender item"): 一根胡萝卜 (yì gēn húluóbo, "one carrot").