毛桃

máotáo
noun #59,538

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 hairy peach
  2. 2 wild peach (Prunus davidiana and related)

Examples

Shān shàng de máotáo yòu suān yòu xiǎo.
The wild peaches on the mountain are small and sour.
Máotáo suīrán bù hǎochī, dàn kěyǐ rùyào.
Wild peaches aren't tasty but they can be used in medicine.

Tips

usage
Contrasts with 水蜜桃 (cultivated 'honey peach') and (nectarine, smooth-skinned). 毛桃 keeps the fuzzy skin and usually denotes the wild/ancestral variety — smaller, harder, more acidic.

Stroke Order

máo
táo