薯片 shǔpiàn fried potato chips
How to remember 薯片: 薯 yam + 片 slice = fried potato chips.
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How it is used
- Potato chips / crisps - 一包薯片 (yì bāo shǔpiàn) a bag of chips.
- 薯 = potato/yam, 片 = thin slice; the snack food. Contrast 薯条 (shǔtiáo) French fries (strips).
Example sentences
- 我不该把一整包薯片都吃完的。 Wǒ bùgāi bǎ yīzhěng bāo shǔpiàn dōu chī wán de.I shouldn't have eaten the whole bag of potato chips.