李子 (lǐzi) · plum

Measure Word

一个李子 gè

Meanings

1 plum

About the ingredient

水果 Fruit · In season: summer

Round plums with red, yellow, green or purple skin, ripe in July and August. Mostly eaten raw; many are also preserved with sugar, salt and licorice into sweet and salty snacks.

Also called 李

Characters

suffix for nouns (fruit/seed)

Examples

HSK 4

这些李子又酸又甜。

Zhèxiē lǐzi yòu suān yòu tián.

These plums are both sour and sweet.

HSK 5

院子里的李子树结了很多果实。

Yuànzi lǐ de lǐzi shù jié le hěnduō guǒshí.

The plum tree in the yard bore a lot of fruit.

Tips

culture

李 is the most common Chinese surname (shared by ~93 million people). The Tang Dynasty was founded by the Li family, making 李 a prestige surname for over a millennium.