青梅

qīngméi
noun #54,166

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 green plum
  2. 2 unripe plum

Examples

Qīngméi kěyǐ yòng lái zuò jiǔ.
Green plums can be used to make liquor.
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

qīng
méi