果肉

guǒròu

noun #32,275

Meanings

1 flesh of a fruit
2 fruit pulp

Characters

Examples

这种芒果果肉又甜又多汁。

Zhèzhǒng mángguǒ guǒròu yòu tián yòu duō zhī.

This kind of mango has sweet, juicy flesh.

果汁里有果肉的口感更好。

Guǒzhī lǐ yǒu guǒròu de kǒugǎn gèng hǎo.

Juice with pulp has a better mouthfeel.

Tips

memory

Chinese uses 肉 (meat/flesh) quite freely for the fleshy interior of fruits and plants: 果肉 (fruit flesh), 鱼肉 (fish flesh), even 白菜肉 (the thick part of a cabbage leaf). Think of 肉 as "the substantial, edible part," not just animal meat.

Stroke Order

果 guǒ

肉 ròu