葡萄 pútao grape
How to remember 葡萄: 葡 grapes + 萄 grapes = grape.
Characters
How it is used
- Grapes - 一串葡萄 (yí chuàn pútao) a bunch of grapes; tao is neutral tone.
- Both characters are bound (they only appear together for this fruit); 葡萄酒 (pútaojiǔ) = wine, 葡萄干 (pútaogān) = raisins.
- Measure word 串 (chuàn, a cluster) for a bunch, 颗 (kē) for a single grape.
Example sentences
- 这两种葡萄本质上没有差别。 Zhè liǎng zhǒng pútao běnzhì shàng méiyǒu chābié.There's no essential difference between the two kinds of grapes.