石榴 (shíliu) · pomegranate

Measure Word

一个石榴 gè

Meanings

1 pomegranate

About the ingredient

水果 Fruit · In season: autumn

Leathery red or yellow fruit packed with juicy, sweet-tart seeds, in season in autumn. Some kinds have soft seeds you can chew and swallow. Eaten fresh or pressed into juice.

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

石榴在中国象征多子多福。

Shíliu zài Zhōngguó xiàngzhēng duōzǐ-duōfú.

The pomegranate symbolizes fertility and good fortune in China.

HSK 7-9

她把石榴切开，取出红色的果粒。

Tā bǎ shíliu qiēkāi, qǔchū hóngsè de guǒlì.

She cut open the pomegranate and extracted the red seeds.

Tips

culture

The pomegranate (石榴) is a symbol of fertility in Chinese culture due to its many seeds (子 also means 'child'). It frequently appears in traditional paintings and wedding decorations.