Cactus in Chinese (Mandarin): 仙人掌 (xiānrénzhǎng)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 仙人掌

• 仙

  Fairy, immortal. 人 (person) is on the left and 山 (mountain) on the right.

  5 strokes

• 人

  Person.

  2 strokes

• 掌

  The palm of the hand. 手 (hand) is at the bottom.

  12 strokes

仙人掌 is a "fairy's palm", for its flat, hand-like pads. Cacti store water, so they can live in the desert.

More examples with 仙人掌

• 仙人掌不用常浇水。

  仙人掌不用常澆水。

  Xiānrénzhǎng bú yòng cháng jiāo shuǐ.

  A cactus doesn't need much water.

• 别碰仙人掌。

  別碰仙人掌。

  Bié pèng xiānrénzhǎng.

  Don't touch the cactus.

How to write 仙人掌 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.