水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
水果
shuǐguǒ
fruit
Characters in this word
果 guǒ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我喜欢吃水果。 Wǒ xǐhuan chī shuǐguǒ. I like eating fruit.
- 妈妈买了水果。 Māma mǎile shuǐguǒ. Mom bought some fruit.
- 你要吃水果吗？ Nǐ yào chī shuǐguǒ ma? Would you like some fruit?
- 桌子上有水果。 Zhuōzi shang yǒu shuǐguǒ. There is fruit on the table.
- 今天别买水果。 Jīntiān bié mǎi shuǐguǒ. Don't buy fruit today.
- 水果比菜贵吗？ Shuǐguǒ bǐ cài guì ma? Is fruit more expensive than vegetables?
- 老师给学生水果。 Lǎoshī gěi xuésheng shuǐguǒ. The teacher gives fruit to the students.
- 这些水果好吃吗？ Zhèxiē shuǐguǒ hǎochī ma? Are these fruits tasty?
- 我们一块儿买水果。 Wǒmen yíkuàir mǎi shuǐguǒ. Let's buy fruit together.
- 水果很好吃。 Shuǐguǒ hěn hǎochī. The fruit is delicious.