(xìng) — apricot

Definition

noun
apricot
Measure word ·

Examples

  • Xià tiān de shí hou, wǒ mā ma cháng cháng mǎi xìng gěi wǒ men chī.
    In summer, my mother often buys apricots for us to eat.
  • Zhè kē xìng shù yǐ jīng cháng le shí nián le.
    This apricot tree has been growing for ten years.
  • xìng Huā kāi fàng de shí hou, zhěng gè cūn zi dōu hěn měi.
    When the apricot blossoms bloom, the whole village is very beautiful.

Origin

Compound ideograph
六书liùshū
会意huìyì

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

杏 pairs 木 (tree) with 口 (mouth), perhaps showing that the tree’s fruit is tasty.

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