枇杷

pípá
noun

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Meanings

  1. 1 loquat (tree and fruit)
  2. 2 Eriobotrya japonica

Examples

Chūxià shì chī pípá de jìjié.
Early summer is loquat season.
Késou shí hē diǎn pípágāo hěn guǎnyòng.
A little loquat syrup works well for a cough.

Tips

culture
枇杷 (pípágāo) — loquat leaf cough syrup — is a household remedy across Chinese-speaking regions. The leaves (枇杷), not the fruit, do the medicinal work, boiled with honey and herbs.
memory
Both characters share the wood radical because it's a tree. Not to be confused with homophone (pípá, the lute) — same sound, different radicals ( for the instrument, for the fruit).

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