山核桃

shānhétao
noun #32,710

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 hickory nut
  2. 2 Chinese hickory (Carya cathayensis)

Examples

Lín'ān de shānhétao fēicháng chūmíng.
The hickory nuts from Lin'an are very famous.
Shānhétao ké yìng, yào yòng zhuānmén de gōngjù cáinéng kāi.
Hickory shells are hard — you need a special tool to crack them.

Tips

culture
Chinese hickories from the Tianmu mountains around Lin'an, Zhejiang are the variety sold nationwide as a Lunar New Year snack. Roasted with cream, butter or amber sugar — 山核桃 is a protected geographical indication.

Stroke Order

shān
táo