火龙果 (huǒlóngguǒ) · dragon fruit, pitaya

Measure Word

一个火龙果 gè

Meanings

1 dragon fruit
2 pitaya

About the ingredient

An oval fruit with hot-pink skin and green-tipped scales. The soft flesh, white or deep magenta, is mildly sweet and full of tiny black seeds eaten with it; it is halved and eaten with a spoon or cut into cubes.

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

红心火龙果比白心的甜。

Hóngxīn huǒlóngguǒ bǐ bái xīn de tián.

Red-flesh dragon fruit is sweeter than white-flesh.

HSK 7-9

夏天吃火龙果很解暑。

Xiàtiān chī huǒlóngguǒ hěn jiě shǔ.

Eating dragon fruit in summer is very cooling.

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memory

Literally 'fire-dragon-fruit' - named for the magenta scale-like skin that looks like a tiny dragon. The fruit grows on a climbing cactus and was introduced to East Asia from Central America via European traders.