甜果 (tiánguǒ): sweet fruit

Meanings

1 sweet fruit
2 sweet cake (regional: Minnan/Taiwan New Year rice cake)

Characters

甜

Examples

这种水果又叫甜果,因为特别甜。

Zhè zhǒng shuǐguǒ yòu jiào tiánguǒ, yīnwèi tèbié tián.

This kind of fruit is also called tianguo because it's especially sweet.

闽南人过年要蒸甜果。

Mǐnnán rén guònián yào zhēng tiánguǒ.

In Minnan culture, people steam sweet rice cake for Chinese New Year.

Tips

usage

Two senses. Literally "sweet fruit" as a generic description, and in Minnan / Taiwanese cuisine a specific New Year sweet — brown sugar glutinous rice cake (the Mandarin 年糕 niángāo). Context tells them apart; also appears as a brand fragment.