Meaning of 水果
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- fruit
How to use 水果
水果 is the everyday word for fresh fruit in general, like apples, bananas and grapes. It often comes after verbs like 吃 (chī, eat) or 买 (mǎi, buy). Example: 我每天吃水果。(Wǒ měitiān chī shuǐguǒ.) I eat fruit every day.
水果 (shuǐguǒ) is literally "water fruit." 水 (shuǐ) means water and 果 (guǒ) means fruit, so picture a juicy piece of fruit full of water.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes use 果 alone for "fruit" in speech, but in everyday Mandarin you should say 水果. Also keep the tones straight: both syllables are third tone, so in speech the first one changes and it sounds like shuíguǒ.
水果 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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水 shuǐ · water · 4 strokes
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果 guǒ · fruit · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 水果.
| 如果 | rúguǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 结果 | jiéguǒ | to bear fruit |
| 水平 | shuǐpíng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 药水 | yàoshuǐ | medicine in liquid form; bottled medicine |
| 果然 | guǒrán | really; sure enough |
| 效果 | xiàoguǒ | result; effect |
| 后果 | hòuguǒ | consequences; aftermath |
| 苹果 | píngguǒ | apple |
| 果汁 | guǒzhī | fruit juice |
| 成果 | chéngguǒ | result; achievement |
| 凉水 | liángshuǐ | cool water; unboiled water |
| 海水 | hǎishuǐ | seawater |
Questions about 水果
What does 水果 mean?
水果 (shuǐguǒ) means "fruit" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 水果?
水果 is made of 2 characters: 水 (4 strokes), 果 (8 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.
Is 水果 an HSK word?
Yes. 水果 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How do I say a specific fruit in Chinese?
Many fruit names end in 果 or have their own word, such as 苹果 (píngguǒ, apple) and 香蕉 (xiāngjiāo, banana). You can use 水果 when you mean fruit in general.
Does 果 in 如果 and 结果 have to do with fruit?
The character is the same 果, and in 结果 (jiéguǒ) the idea of a fruit or outcome is still there, meaning result. In 如果 (rúguǒ, if) the fruit meaning is not felt at all, so just learn it as a whole word.