橘子

júzi

noun HSK 7-9 #7,754

Measure Word

一颗橘子 kē

Meanings

1 tangerine; mandarin orange

Characters

橘 (tangerine) + 子 (noun suffix). Note: 桔 is a common simplified variant of 橘.

Examples

HSK 2

南方人过年的时候喜欢买橘子。

Nánfāng rén guònián de shíhou xǐhuān mǎi júzi.

Southern Chinese like to buy tangerines for Chinese New Year.

HSK 3

这些橘子真甜。

Zhèxiē júzi zhēn tián.

These tangerines are really sweet.

Tips

culture

橘子 and 桔子 are interchangeable. Tangerines are lucky fruits for Chinese New Year because 橘/桔 sounds like 吉 (lucky). In Cantonese, 柑 (mandarin orange) sounds like 金 (gold). That's why you see piles of oranges everywhere during Spring Festival.

Stroke Order

橘 jú

子 zǐ