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枣子

Word · NounTraditional棗子

jujube; Chinese date

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

jujube; Chinese date; red date

dialect

Dialectal variant of 枣, commonly used in everyday spoken Mandarin across northern and central China. Refers to the sweet, edible fruit of the Ziziphus jujuba tree, often dried for medicinal or culinary use.

Zhè这
xiē些
zǎo枣
zi子
hěn很
tián甜
 ,
nǐ你
cháng尝
chang尝
 。

These jujubes are very sweet; have a taste.

Shù树
shàng上
jiē结
mǎn满
le了
hóng红
zǎo枣
zi子
 。

The tree is covered with red dates.

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Dōng冬
tiān天
wǒ我
xǐ喜
huan欢
yòng用
zǎo枣
zi子
áo熬
zhōu粥
 。

In winter, I like to use jujubes to cook porridge.