青柠, photo 1 of 2
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Photo
Day 280 Cy365 For Sale (86101373)
By
Makia Minich
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

Photo credit

Photo
Limão Citrus Aurantifolia
By
Onjacktallcuca
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Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

青柠

青檸
qīngníng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 lime

About the ingredient

水果 Fruit

A small, round green citrus with very sour juice. The juice and slices go into drinks and cocktails, and it is used in Southeast Asian dishes such as green papaya salad.

Also called  莱姆

Used in 1 dish

Examples

HSK 4
Wǒ zài shuǐ lǐ jiā le jǐ piàn qīngníng.
I added a few slices of lime to the water.
HSK 6
Qīngníng bǐ níngméng xiǎo, yánsè shì lǜ de, wèidao gèng suān.
A lime is smaller than a lemon, green, and more sour.

Tips

memory
青 'green' + 柠, short for 柠檬 'lemon': a green lemon. Menus sometimes use the transliteration 莱姆 instead.

Stroke Order

青 qīng
柠 níng