青梅

qīngméi

noun #54,166

Measure Word

一颗青梅 kē

Meanings

1 green plum
2 unripe plum

Characters

green; blue; unripe

Examples

青梅可以用来做酒。

Qīngméi kěyǐ yònglái zuò jiǔ.

Green plums can be used to make liquor.

她最喜欢吃酸酸的青梅。

Tā zuì xǐhuan chī suān suān de qīngméi.

She loves eating sour green plums.

Tips

culture

青梅 appears in the famous idiom 青梅竹马 (qīngméi zhúmǎ) — literally "green plums and bamboo horse" — describing childhood sweethearts who grew up playing together. The image comes from a Li Bai poem.

Stroke Order

青 qīng

梅 méi