花生果

huāshēngguǒ
noun #27,932

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 peanut
  2. 2 groundnut

Examples

Nánfāng rén xíguàn jiào huāshēng wéi huāshēngguǒ.
People in southern China habitually call peanuts 'huāshēngguǒ.'
Tā mǎi le yī dài huāshēngguǒ, biān kàn diànyǐng biān chī.
She bought a bag of peanuts and ate them while watching the movie.

Tips

usage
花生果 is used mainly in southern China (e.g., Guangdong). The standard Mandarin term is 花生 (huāshēng). The suffix (guǒ, fruit) emphasizes the pod/seed as the edible fruit.

Stroke Order

huā
shēng
guǒ