1. The pronunciation of black beans: dòu chǐ.

2. Black beans are a kind of bean food. It is usually made from soybeans or black beans by fermentation after steaming, and is mostly used for flavoring.

3. The basic meaning of "豆" is a kind of ancient food vessel, such as a bean chopping board or a basket of fruits; the derived meaning is something shaped like a grain of bean, such as a potato; an ancient vessel for holding meat or other foodstuffs is shaped like a tall plate, such as a bean chopping board. In modern Chinese, the word "豆" also denotes ancient units of weight, such as sixteen millet for a bean, six beans for a baht.

4, "豉", the standardized second grade character in modern Chinese, pronounced chǐ in Mandarin, first appeared in the Qin Dynasty in the era of the small seal script, and belongs to the form of sound characters in the six books. The basic meaning of "豉" is a food made from cooked soybeans or black beans after fermentation.