圣女果

聖女果
shèngnǚguǒ
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 cherry tomato

Examples

Tā bǎ shèngnǚguǒ xǐ hǎo fàng jìn biàndāng lǐ.
She washed the cherry tomatoes and put them in her bento.
Yángtái shàng zhòng le jǐ pén shèngnǚguǒ.
There are a few pots of cherry tomatoes on the balcony.

Tips

culture
Literally 'virgin fruit' — a marketing name that caught on in the 1990s to distinguish the small, sweet salad variety from regular 西红柿. In mainland everyday speech, 圣女果 and 番茄 are interchangeable.

Stroke Order

shèng
guǒ