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HK herbal 山楂片 sliced Shan Zha Crataegus pinnatifida Bung October 2025 N13P 01
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HK herbal 山楂片 sliced Shan Zha cooked Crataegus pinnatifida Bung October 2025 N13P
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SZE XAIMMOOA HONGMIN
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山楂

shānzhā
noun #53,694

Meanings

  1. 1 Chinese hawthorn; haw

About the ingredient

水果 Fruit · In season: autumn

Cherry-sized red fruit with pale freckles and sharply sour flesh around hard seeds. Mostly made into sweets such as sugar-coated haws on a stick and hawthorn cake, and into drinks; dried slices are steeped as tea.

Also called  红果、 山楂果

Examples

HSK 5
山楂酸酸甜甜的，饭后吃一点儿能帮助消化。
Shānzhā suānsuāntiántián de, fànhòu chī yìdiǎnr néng bāngzhù xiāohuà.
Hawthorn is sweet and sour, and a little after a meal helps digestion.
HSK 7-9
冰糖葫芦一般是用山楂做的。
Bīngtánghúlu yìbān shì yòng shānzhā zuò de.
Candied haws on a stick are usually made from hawthorn fruit.

Tips

culture
The small red fruit goes into 冰糖葫芦, haw flakes and haw jelly, and traditional medicine uses it to 开胃 'whet the appetite' and aid digestion.
mistakes
楂 is read zhā here, not chá.

Stroke Order

山 shān
楂 zhā