枇杷

pípá
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 loquat (tree and fruit)
  2. 2 Eriobotrya japonica

Examples

HSK 7-9
Chūxià shì chī pípá de jìjié.
Early summer is loquat season.
HSK 7-9
Késou shí hē diǎn pípá gāo hěn guǎnyòng.
A little loquat syrup works well for a cough.

Tips

culture
枇杷膏 - loquat leaf cough syrup - is a household remedy across Chinese-speaking regions. The leaves 枇杷叶, not the fruit, do the medicinal work, boiled with honey and herbs.
memory
Both characters share the wood radical because it's a tree. Not to be confused with homophone 琵琶 (the lute) - same sound, different radicals ( for the instrument, for the fruit).

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