玫瑰果 (méiguiguǒ) · rose hip

Measure Word

一颗玫瑰果 kē

Meanings

1 rose hip
2 fruit of the rose plant (Rosa spp.)

About the ingredient

The small orange-red fruit that forms on rose bushes after the flowers, with a mass of seeds and irritating hairs inside. It is usually sold dried, cut and seeded, for steeping as a tart fruit tea.

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

她用玫瑰果做果酱。

Tā yòng méiguiguǒ zuò guǒjiàng.

She makes jam from rose hips.

HSK 7-9

玫瑰果茶富含维生素C。

Méiguiguǒ chá fùhán wéishēngsù C.

Rose hip tea is rich in vitamin C.

Tips

usage

玫瑰 is pronounced méigui in casual speech (the second syllable 瑰 is neutral/light here, not guī). Hence 玫瑰果 méiguiguǒ rather than méiguīguǒ, even though 瑰 on its own is guī.