芝麻 (zhī ma): sesame (seed)

Mom sprinkled a handful of toasted sesame seeds on the cold spinach salad, making it smell even more appetizing.

The surface of this old shop's baked flatbread is covered with sesame seeds; it's fragrant and crispy when you bite into it.

Grandma grew a small patch of sesame herself and used it to press oil after the autumn harvest.

When making tangyuan, we added a little sugar to the black sesame filling, making it sweeter and more fragrant.

He likes to add a spoonful of sesame powder to his soy milk, saying it makes the nutrition more balanced.