椰树

椰樹

yēshù

noun #83,340

Measure Word

一棵椰树 kē

Meanings

1 coconut tree
2 coconut palm
3 Coconut Palm (the Hainan beverage brand)

Characters

Examples

海南的沙滩上长满了椰树。

Hǎinán de shātān shàng zhǎng mǎn le yēshù.

The beaches of Hainan are covered with coconut trees.

他从小喝椰树牌椰汁长大。

Tā cóngxiǎo hē Yēshù pái yēzhī zhǎngdà.

He grew up drinking Coconut Palm brand coconut milk.

Tips

culture

椰树牌椰汁 (Coconut Palm Group, founded 1956 in Haikou) is China's iconic coconut milk brand. Famous — and infamous — for its garish 1980s-style packaging: bright primary colors, huge text, and 'I grew up drinking this' slogans. Locked into the Chinese collective memory by sheer visual force.

In Pop Culture

椰树牌椰汁 Yēshù pái yēzhī

Coconut Palm brand coconut milk

Hainan beverage brand whose retro Microsoft-Word-clipart packaging has become a meme; widely sold across China since the 1980s.

Stroke Order

椰 yē

树 shù