山竹

shānzhú
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 mangosteen

Examples

Shānzhú bèi chēngwéi rèdài shuǐguǒ zhī hòu.
Mangosteen is called the queen of tropical fruits.
Bāokāi zǐsè de wàiké jiù néng kàndào báisè de shānzhú guǒròu.
Peel back the purple shell and you can see the white mangosteen flesh.

Tips

culture
Native to Southeast Asia and famously paired with the durian — if durian is the (king of fruits), mangosteen is the 果后 (queen). Believed in TCM to be 'cooling', balancing the 'hot' nature of durian.

Stroke Order

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