蔓越莓 (mànyuèméi) · cranberry

Measure Word

一颗蔓越莓 kē

Meanings

1 cranberry

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

她在面包里加了一些蔓越莓干。

Tā zài miànbāo lǐ jiā le yìxiē mànyuèméi gān.

She added some dried cranberries to the bread.

HSK 5

我每天早上喝一杯蔓越莓汁。

Wǒ měitiān zǎoshang hē yì bēi mànyuèméi zhī.

I drink a glass of cranberry juice every morning.

Tips

usage

蔓越莓 is the name on juice and snack packets. 小红莓 'little red berry' is the same fruit, and 酸莓 'sour berry' is a rarer colloquial name.

memory

蔓 'trailing vine' fits the plant, a low creeping shrub of North American bogs, and 莓 'berry' is the same as in 草莓 and 蓝莓.

Stroke Order

蔓 màn

越 yuè

莓 méi

Related Words

蔓延 mànyán HSK 7-9 #8,236

to spread / to extend (of fire, disease, etc.) / to proliferate

酸莓 suānméi

cranberry / sour berry

蔓草 màncǎo

creeping plant / vine / twining grass

蔓菁 mánjing

turnip

超越 chāoyuè HSK 6 #4,474

to surpass; to exceed; to transcend / to go beyond

莓 méi #6,495

berry / strawberry (in 草莓)

穿越 chuānyuè HSK 7-9 #3,767

to cross / to traverse / to pass through / time travel

草莓 cǎoméi #5,521

strawberry

越狱 yuèyù #5,720

to break out of prison / to escape from prison / jailbreak

越来越 yuèláiyuè #1,296

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