The pronunciation of jar bean is gāng dòu and cowpea is jiāng dòu.

Jar gāng, consonant g, rhymes with ang, and is pronounced with one sound.

Cowpea jiāng, consonant j, rhymes with ang, one tone.

Bean dòu, consonant d, rhymes with ou, tone four.

Cowpea, commonly known as carob, ginger bean, banded bean, and hanging bean horn, is a plant in the legume family. In the Chinese dictionary, there is only one standardized pinyin jiāng for cowpea, which means an annual herbaceous plant with long cylindrical pods, a common vegetable.

Edible value

The young pods and grains of cowpea have a delicious flavor, and can be eaten in a variety of ways, such as stir-fried, boiled, stewed, mixed, stuffed, etc. The young pods can be stir-fried, stewed, mixed, and stuffed. Young pods can be fried, can also be cold, in addition can also be used for processing pickled, frozen, dried, preserved vegetables, processed into canned food, etc., is an excellent raw material for processing and exporting.

There are many varieties of cowpea for vegetable consumption, which are divided into white-skinned cowpea, green-skinned cowpea, flower-skinned cowpea, red-skinned cowpea and so on according to the different skin colors of the pods. The dried seeds can also be used for porridge, rice, sauce and flour.