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Honeycrisp
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'Claque pépin'
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Assorted Red and Green Apples 2120px
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苹果

蘋果
píngguǒ
noun HSK 1 #2,939

Measure Word

一颗苹果 kē

Meanings

  1. 1 apple

About the ingredient

水果 Fruit

Crisp, sweet Fuji apples make up most of China's crop. Mostly eaten raw, and sold gift-wrapped on Christmas Eve, because the 苹 of 苹果 sounds like the 平 of 平安夜.

Examples

HSK 1
我喜欢吃苹果。
Wǒ xǐhuan chī píngguǒ.
I like eating apples.
HSK 1
给你一个苹果。
Gěi nǐ yí ge píngguǒ.
Here's an apple for you.
HSK 3
这个苹果很甜。
Zhège píngguǒ hěn tián.
This apple is very sweet.

In Pop Culture

苹果手机 Píngguǒ shǒujī
Apple phone (iPhone)
Chinese people commonly call iPhones 苹果手机 or just 苹果.

Stroke Order

苹 píng
果 guǒ