巴旦木

bādànmù
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 almond
  2. 2 badam
杏仁 xìngrén Nuts and seeds

Examples

HSK 7-9
Bādànmù shì yì zhǒng jiānguǒ.
Almonds are a kind of nut.
HSK 7-9
Zhè zhǒng bādànmù ké hěn báo, yòng shǒu yì niē jiù kāi le.
These almonds have thin shells that open with a squeeze of the hand.

Tips

usage
杏仁 properly means apricot kernels, though almonds are often called that too; on the mainland, almond labels must now say 巴旦木 or 扁桃仁 instead. The name 巴旦木 came through Uyghur from Persian badam, and 巴旦杏 is another name for the nut.

Stroke Order

巴 bā
旦 dàn
木 mù