红枣, photo 1 of 2
红枣, photo 2 of 2

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A Two of Jujube on the Chinese Medicine and Chinese Deli food shop
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Peachyeung316
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Jujube n
By
Rémi Tournebize
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

红枣

紅棗
hóngzǎo
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 jujube
  2. 2 red date
  3. 3 Chinese date

About the ingredient

水果 Fruit

Jujubes dried until dark red and wrinkled, sweet around a hard stone, and usually sold with the stone in. They go into sweet and savoury soups and tea, and are steamed into cakes and sticky rice cakes.

Also called  大枣

Examples

HSK 6
Wǒ mā měitiān dōu pào hóngzǎo chá hē.
My mom drinks red date tea every day.
HSK 6
Hóngzǎo bǔxuè, nǚshēng kěyǐ duō chī.
Red dates replenish the blood; women can eat them often.
HSK 7-9
Zhè wǎn zhōu lǐ yǒu hóngzǎo hé guìyuán.
This porridge has red dates and longan in it.

Tips

culture
In TCM, 红枣 is a classic 补血 (blood-nourishing) food, especially recommended for women. Often added to porridge, soups, and tea.

Stroke Order

红 hóng
枣 zǎo