酸橙

suānchéng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 7-9
酸橙果皮可以枳壳
Suānchéng de guǒpí kěyǐ rù yào, jiào zhǐqiào.
The peel of the sour orange is used as medicine, called zhiqiao.
HSK 7-9
Zuò Dōngnányà cài chángcháng xūyào suānchéng zhī.
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 traditional medicine herbs. In modern cooking contexts it is also loosely used for 'lime' (which botanists call 青柠). It is also commonly glossed simply as 'lime', so use context.

Stroke Order

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