干果 (gān guǒ) — dried fruit; nuts (as a category of snack food) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

dried fruitnuts (as a category of snack food)

Measure word · 种

Examples

干果，。
Wǒ mǎi le yí dài gān guǒ, yǒu xìng rén hé hé tao.
I bought a bag of nuts, including almonds and walnuts.
干果，。
Zhè zhǒng gān guǒ shì xīn jiāng de tè chǎn, wèi dào hěn tián.
This kind of dried fruit is a specialty of Xinjiang and tastes very sweet.
，干果。
Guò nián de shí hou, wǒ men cháng cháng chī gān guǒ zhāo dài kè rén.
During Chinese New Year, we often eat nuts and dried fruit to entertain guests.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

The 干 (dry) and 果 (fruit) name fruit that has been dried.

Characters in this word

The simplified 干 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (饼干, 干杯) it is 乾; in others (干, 干活儿) (干扰) it is 幹 or 干.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 乾; 干 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

倝

倝gàn乾gān

Same sound today

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

果 originally drew fruits hanging on a tree.

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