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Photo credit

Photo
Crispy roasted pine nuts
By
Fumikas Sagisavas
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CC0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

Photo credit

Photo
Pine nuts for sale - Tokyo area - Sep 25 2019
By
Nesnad
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Cropped and resized

松子

sōngzǐ
noun #7,653

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 pine nut
  2. 2 pine seed

About the ingredient

坚果 Nuts and seeds

Small, pale kernels from pine cones, such as those of the Korean pine that grows in the northeast. Roasted pine nuts are eaten as a snack, and shelled ones are used in cooking.

Contains tree nuts

Also called  松仁、 松子仁

Examples

HSK 4
Zhè dào cài lǐ fàng le sōngzǐ, wèidao tèbié hǎo.
This dish has pine nuts in it and tastes especially good.
HSK 6
Xiǎo sōngshǔ xǐhuan chī sōngzǐ.
Little squirrels like to eat pine nuts.
HSK 7-9
Sōngzǐ shì yì zhǒng hěn yǒu yíngyǎng de jiānguǒ.
Pine nuts are a very nutritious nut.

Tips

usage
松子 can also be used as a given name (Sōngzi). In cooking, 松仁 is more commonly used to refer to shelled pine nuts used as an ingredient.

Stroke Order

松 sōng
子 zǐ