山竹 (shānzhú) · mangosteen

Measure Word

一个山竹 gè

Meanings

1 mangosteen

About the ingredient

水果 Fruit · In season: summer

A round fruit with a hard, deep purple rind and a green cap, holding soft white segments that are sweet and slightly tart. Press it to crack the rind; the ring of lobes on its base matches the number of segments inside.

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

山竹被称为热带水果之后。

Shānzhú bèi chēngwéi rèdài shuǐguǒ zhīhòu.

Mangosteen is called the queen of tropical fruits.

HSK 7-9

剥开紫色的外壳就能看到白色的山竹果肉。

Bāo kāi zǐsè de wàiké jiù néng kàndào báisè de shānzhú guǒròu.

Peel back the purple shell and you can see the white mangosteen flesh.

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culture

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