柠檬, photo 1 of 2
柠檬, photo 2 of 2

Photo credit

Photo
Lemon with sprout inside
By
Elke Wetzig (Elya)
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Cropped and resized

Photo credit

Photo
P1030323
By
Elena Chochkova
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Cropped and resized

柠檬

檸檬
níngméng
noun #5,455

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 lemon

About the ingredient

水果 Fruit

Mostly yellow Eureka lemons, many from Anyue in Sichuan, too sour to eat alone. Slices and juice go into lemon tea and other drinks, and the juice seasons seafood and lemon chicken. The small green 青柠 is lime.

Examples

HSK 1
Wǒ xiǎng yào yì bēi níngméngshuǐ.
I'd like a glass of lemon water.
HSK 4
Zhège níngméng tài suān le.
This lemon is too sour.

Tips

usage
In internet slang, 我酸了 or 柠檬精 ('lemon spirit') means feeling jealous or envious - like tasting something sour.

Stroke Order

柠 níng
檬 méng