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Photo credit

Photo
Cucumis melo var. reticulatus (photo by Scott Bauer)
By
USDA photo by Scott Bauer. Image Number K7355-11.
Licence
Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Cropped and resized

Photo credit

Photo
Muskmelon
By
Seth Vidal
Licence
CC BY-SA 2.0
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Cropped and resized

甜瓜

tiánguā
noun #25,850

Measure Word

一个甜瓜 gè

Meanings

  1. 1 muskmelon
  2. 2 sweet melon
  3. 3 cantaloupe

About the ingredient

水果 Fruit · In season: summer

Melons of many kinds, from small, thin-skinned yellow or white ones to larger ones with netted rinds. Sweet and fragrant, often crisp, they fill summer markets and are eaten raw.

Also called  香瓜

Examples

HSK 5
市场上有很多品种的甜瓜。
Shìchǎng shàng yǒu hěnduō pǐnzhǒng de tiánguā.
There are many varieties of sweet melon at the market.
HSK 7-9
夏天吃一块甜瓜很解暑。
Xiàtiān chī yíkuài tiánguā hěn jiěshǔ.
Eating a piece of muskmelon in summer is very refreshing.

Tips

memory
甜 means sweet and 瓜 means melon - a sweet melon. Straightforward and delicious.

Stroke Order

甜 tián
瓜 guā