芒果 (mángguǒ) · mango

Meanings

1 mango

About the ingredient

水果 Fruit · In season: summer

Eaten fresh, dried into snacks and made into desserts such as mango pomelo sago and mango pudding. The last of the year come from Panzhihua in Sichuan, ripening in September and October, after other regions.

Used in 2 dishes

杨枝甘露 yángzhī gānlù

芒果冰 mángguǒbīng

Characters

芒

máng

awn; spike (of grain); ray of light

果

guǒ

fruit; result

Examples

HSK 2

我最喜欢的水果是芒果。

Wǒ zuì xǐhuan de shuǐguǒ shì mángguǒ.

My favorite fruit is mango.

HSK 5

这杯芒果汁很好喝。

Zhè bēi mángguǒ zhī hěn hǎohē.

This glass of mango juice is delicious.

Tips

history

Loanword from Malay 'mangga' (via English 'mango'). The characters 芒果 are purely phonetic - 芒 (awn/spike) and 果 (fruit) don't describe the mango itself.