甜果

tiánguǒ

noun

Meanings

1 sweet fruit
2 sweet cake (regional: Minnan/Taiwan New Year rice cake)

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

这种水果又叫甜果,因为特别甜。

Zhèzhǒng shuǐguǒ yòu jiào tiánguǒ, yīnwèi tèbié tián.

This kind of fruit is also called tianguo because it's especially sweet.

HSK 7-9

闽南人过年要蒸甜果。

Mǐnnán rén guònián yào zhēng tiánguǒ.

In Minnan culture, people steam sweet rice cake for Chinese New Year.

Tips

usage

Two senses. Literally "sweet fruit" as a generic description, and in Minnan / Taiwanese cuisine a specific New Year sweet - brown sugar glutinous rice cake (the Mandarin 年糕). Context tells them apart; also appears as a brand fragment.

Stroke Order

甜 tián

果 guǒ