椰枣 (yēzǎo) · date (fruit of the date palm), date palm

Measure Word

一颗椰枣 kē

Meanings

1 date (fruit of the date palm)
2 date palm

About the ingredient

Brown, sticky and very sweet, with soft, chewy flesh around a single long stone. It grows in West Asia and North Africa and is sold in China dried, mostly eaten as a snack, sometimes stuffed with nuts.

Also called 海枣

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

她买了一盒椰枣当零食。

Tā mǎi le yì hé yēzǎo dāng língshí.

She bought a box of dates as a snack.

HSK 5

椰枣是中东地区的重要水果。

Yēzǎo shì Zhōngdōng dìqū de zhòngyào shuǐguǒ.

Dates are an important fruit in the Middle East.

Tips

mistakes

Not the Chinese red date 红枣 (jujube). 椰枣 literally 'coconut-jujube' is the Middle-Eastern date (Phoenix dactylifera), also called 海枣 in Xinhua. Sold in Chinese supermarkets as 阿联酋椰枣 (Emirati dates) or 伊拉克椰枣.