Chinese Vocabulary│Fruit 水果 shuǐ guǒ

 

Chinese Vocabulary│Fruit 水果 shuǐ guǒ

Common Fruit 

apple；蘋[苹]果；píng guǒ

orange；柳橙；liǔ chéng

banana；香蕉；xiāng jiāo

avocado；酪梨；lào lí

cherry；櫻桃；yīng táo

coconut；椰子；yē zi

grape；葡萄；pú táo

grapefruit；葡萄柚；pú táo yòu

honeydew melon；哈密瓜；hā mì guā

lemon；檸[柠]檬；níng méng

kiwi fruit；奇異[异]果；qí yì guǒ

papaya；木瓜；mù guā

passion fruit；百香果；bǎi xiāng guǒ

pear；西洋梨；xī yáng lí

pineapple；波羅；bō luó

＊Taiwanese speak as「鳳[凤]梨；fèng lí」

starfruit；楊[杨]桃；yáng táo

watermelon；西瓜；xī guā

＊Taiwan has the kind of yellow color of watermelon

strawberry；草莓；cǎo méi

peach；桃子；táo zi

Asain Fruit 

pear；梨子；lí zi

plum；李子；lǐ zǐ

plum；梅子；méi zi

＊People eat dry one or make it become alcohol in Asia.

jujube；棗[枣]子；zǎo zi

durian；榴槤[梿]；liú lián

＊Smelly, it has strong odor

jackfruit；波羅[罗]蜜；bō luó mì

＊Similar durians, it has strong odor.

mulberry；桑葚；sāng rèns

＊It's not the blackberry. 

＊The leaves of this tree is main food of silkworms.

dragon fruit；火龍[龙]果；huǒ lóng guǒ

＊Eating the red one will make you pee and po-po be red.

sugar cane；甘蔗；gān zhè

＊To make sugar or juice, or juicing it by teeth

sugar apple；釋[释]迦；shì jiā

＊Really sweet

＊Peel off by hand after it's ripe and soft.

wax apple；蓮霧；lián wù

pomelo；柚子 / 文旦；yòu zi/ wén dàn

mangosteen；山竹；shān zhú

persimmon；柿子；shì zi

＊Taiwan's persimmon is soft; Japan's persimmon is hard.

guava；番石榴；fān shí liú

＊Taiwanese speak as「芭樂[乐]；bā lè」

pomegranate；石榴；shíl iú

mango；芒果；máng guǒ

＊Some people like the eat the unripe one which is sour.

lichee；荔枝；lì zhī

＊More red more sweet (except the special variety)

rambutan；紅毛丹；hóng máo dān

＊Not sweet like lichees.