果脯

guǒfǔ

noun #54,866

Meanings

HSK 4

奶奶给我们买了一盒果脯。

Nǎinai gěi wǒmen mǎi le yì hé guǒfǔ.

Grandma bought us a box of candied fruit.

HSK 6

北京的果脯很有名，是游客常买的特产。

Běijīng de guǒfǔ hěn yǒumíng, shì yóukè cháng mǎi de tèchǎn.

Beijing's candied fruit is famous, and tourists often buy it as a local specialty.

mistakes

脯 is read fǔ here: dried or preserved food, as in 肉脯. Read pú, the same character is the chest, as in 胸脯.

usage

Each kind is named after its fruit: 杏脯 is candied apricot and 桃脯 candied peach.

果 guǒ

脯 fǔ