酸橙

suānchéng

noun

Measure Word

一个酸橙 gè

Meanings

1 sour orange (Citrus aurantium)
2 bitter orange
3 lime (loose usage)

Characters

Examples

酸橙的果皮可以入药,叫枳壳。

Suānchéng de guǒpí kěyǐ rùyào, jiào zhǐqiào.

The peel of the sour orange is used as medicine, called zhiqiao.

做东南亚菜常常需要酸橙汁。

Zuò Dōngnányà cài chángcháng xūyào suānchéngzhī.

Southeast Asian cooking often calls for lime juice.

Tips

mistakes

酸橙 classically refers to the bitter / Seville orange (Citrus aurantium) whose dried peel 枳壳 and unripe fruit 枳实 are standard TCM herbs. In modern cooking contexts it is also loosely used for "lime" (which botanists call 青柠 qīngníng). Dictionaries like CC-CEDICT gloss it as "lime"; use context.

Stroke Order

酸 suān

橙 chéng