贝果

貝果
bèiguǒ
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 bagel

Examples

Zǎocān wǒ mǎi le yī gè zhīshì bèiguǒ.
I bought a cheese bagel for breakfast.
Zhè jiā kāfēi diàn de bèiguǒ sānmíngzhì hěn hǎochī.
This cafe's bagel sandwiches are really good.

Tips

culture
贝果 is a phonetic loanword from English 'bagel'. Bagels became trendy in Chinese first-tier cities (Shanghai, Beijing) around 2022-2023, often paired with cream cheese and smoked salmon at western-style cafes.
memory
(shell) + (fruit/round-thing) — the characters are picked for sound, not meaning, but the round shape of a bagel echoes the 'round thing' sense of .

Stroke Order

bèi
guǒ